"In 1961, Peter Benenson read a newspaper report about two Portuguese students who had been arrested and jailed for drinking a toast to liberty in a cafe in Lisbon.
Outraged, he decided to look at ways of highlighting the plight of all so-called "prisoners of conscience" around the world.
From that inspiration Mr Benenson, who died on Friday [25th February 2005] aged 83, founded Amnesty International. "
quote taken from news.bbc.co.uk
Goodbye Mr. Benenson... Thank you.
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