RIP: Peter Benenson
by TChris
The founder of Amnesty International, one of the world's great organizations devoted to human rights, died at the age of 83.
[Peter] Benenson founded the organisation 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.
Irene Khan, secretary general of AI, summed up Benenson's life with eloquence.
"He brought light into the darkness of prisons, the horror of torture chambers and tragedy of death camps around the world. This was a man whose conscience shone in a cruel and terrifying world, who believed in the power of ordinary people to bring about extraordinary change and, by creating Amnesty International, he gave each of us the opportunity to make a difference."
Rest in peace, Peter Benenson. You were a true champion of liberty.
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