Peter Benenson
Peter Benenson
Peter Benenson /ˈbɛnᵻn.sən/was a British lawyer and the founder of human rights group Amnesty International. In 2001, Benenson received the Pride of Britain Award for Lifetime Achievement...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth31 July 1921
thinking government names
Its the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and thats what matters.
amnesty publicity readers widely
It's the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and that's what matters.
light darkness chinese
Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: 'Better light a candle than curse the darkness.'
country government two
Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity
government world opinion
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.
rights justice support
Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.
rights amnesty-international way
The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who "disappeared". That's what the candle is for
years pressure opinion
Pressure of opinion a hundred years ago brought about the emancipation of the slaves'.