Posted on 02/26/2005 10:44:35 AM PST by minus_273
(CNN) -- Peter Benenson, the founder of the trailblazing human rights group Amnesty International, has died, the group has announced.
Benenson, who was 83, started the human rights group in 1961. He died Friday night.
At first, the group was started "a one-year campaign for the release of six prisoners of conscience," according to a news released on the Amnesty Web site.
Benenson had been a lawyer at the time. It started in a May 28, 1961 Observer article called "The Forgotten Prisoners."
"That appeal attracted thousands of supporters, and started a worldwide human rights movement.
"The catalyst for the original campaign was Mr. Benenson's sense of outrage after reading an article about the arrest and imprisonment of two students in a cafe in Lisbon, Portugal, who had drunk a toast to liberty," the Web site said.
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Another commie out of here. Happy morning to you all.
The U.S. military has done far more to promote human rights in the last four years than Communisty International did in forty-four years.
Yep. I agree.
Bye.
Bump to that.
They did good work every now and then but sometimes would get so caught up in straining at gnats that they ignored the camels.
Good riddance!
in nepal, amnesty international is closely linked to the maoist and has been responsible for about 11,000 deaths. Mostly in the last 3 years. they even helped them get modern guns, bombs and landmines.
all of them, socialist, marxist, lenonistics,,the deader the better
Let god sort them out.
Agreed. Has anyone noticed how many of the leftists have died since Dubya was re-elected? We need to run Dubya again in 2008!
But then Berenson discovered that with donations and financial support from sympathetic foundations, patrons, organizations, and governments, he could make a darn good living and become a celebrity.
We need to run Dubya again in 2008!
That's my '08 dream! W and Condi, woohoo!
Repeal amendment 22 now.
You know, I would keep saying that just to frighten the leftists.
Died on a hunger srike?
Bad idea at 83 years old.
You know, I would keep saying that just to frighten the leftists.
Your wish is my well, you know.
DUBYA and CONDI in 2008!!
PJ O'Rouke had a classic line in one of his books about another lefty finding out if God exists or not. Can anyone recall it?
An observation worthy of note.
The b*st*rds must be really despondent.
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