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"The Forgotten Prisoners" is an article by Peter Benenson published in The Observer on 28 May 1961. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Citing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights articles 18 and 19, it announced a campaign on "Appeal for Amnesty, 1961" and called for "common action".
Amnesty International was founded in London in July 1961 by English barrister Peter Benenson, who had previously been a founding member of the UK law reform organization JUSTICE. [8] Benenson was influenced by his friend Louis Blom-Cooper, who led a political prisoners' campaign.
Peter Benenson (born Peter James Henry Solomon; 31 July 1921 – 25 February 2005) 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 and to secure the release of political prisoners.
The article "The Forgotten Prisoners" by English lawyer Peter Benenson, published in The Observer on 28 May 1961, launched the campaign "Appeal for Amnesty 1961" and first defined a "prisoner of conscience". [1]
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