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Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
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British lawyer and human rights activist (1921–2005)
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The Forgotten Prisoners
1961 article by Peter Benenson
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Fundamental rights belonging to all humans
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International non-governmental organization
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