“Open your newspaper any day of the week and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.”

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...