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Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (died 2005)
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Peter Benenson
British lawyer and human rights activist (1921–2005)
Peter Benenson was a British barrister, human rights activist and the founder of the human rights group Amnesty International (AI); a global movement of more than 10 million people, currently, and in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses on human rights…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Amnesty International
International non-governmental organization
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says that it has more than ten million members and supporters around the world. The stated mission of the organization…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)