Peter Benenson Human Rights Campaigner Who Founded Amnesty
The Herald › February 28, 2005
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PETER BENENSON, who founded Amnesty International more than four decades ago, has died. He was 83.
Benenson, whose death was announced on Saturday by the human rights organisation, had been ill for several years.See the full content of this document
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Peter Benenson Human Rights Campaigner Who Founded Amnesty
He died on Friday night at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford from pneumonia, Amnesty spokesman Brendan Paddy said.
Benenson, who was educated at several of Britain's top schools, beg...See the full content of this document
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