“The newspaper reader feels a sickening sense of impotence. Yet if these feelings of disgust all over the world could be united into common action, something effective could be done.”

About Peter Benenson

Activist • British

Peter Benenson was a British lawyer, human rights activist, and the founder of Amnesty International. He launched the 'Appeal for Amnesty, 1961' after reading about two Portuguese students imprisoned for raising a toast...