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Reflection on Amnesty International at 64

Summary by Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and Their Awards
by Paul O’Brien is AIUSA’s Executive Director On May 28, 1961 -64 years ago today – a British lawyer named Peter Benenson penned a letter for the Observer newspaper in the UK launching the “Appeal for Amnesty 1961,” a campaign calling for the release of people imprisoned around the world because of the peaceful expression of their beliefs. This movement galvanized into what is now Amnesty International, an organization founded on the idea that o…
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Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards broke the news in on Sunday, June 8, 2025.
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