Peter Benenson, the British lawyer who founded the human rights organization Amnesty International with his stated goal “to condemn persecution regardless of where it occurs or what are the ...

The founder of human rights group Amnesty International, Peter Benenson, has passed away aged 83. He died on Friday at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, after a long illness. The British lawyer set ...

Speaking on Amnesty's 40th anniversary, Mr Benenson paid tribute to the organisation's "many victories". But he went on to warn: "The challenges are still great. "Only when the last prisoner of ...

- Peter Benenson. Amnesty International was founded in 1961 on the idea that together ordinary people can change the world. Today Amnesty is a worldwide movement for human rights, calling on the ...

Amnesty International was started by one man, Peter Benenson, back in 1961, becoming the world's leading human rights organisation, campaigning against injustice and inequality around the globe. And ...

Amnesty International has suspended its Israel branch for engaging in “endemic anti-Palestinian racism” and for criticizing the human rights group’s positions.

Amnesty International, an organization that has faced criticism for previously accusing Israel of “apartheid” and “genocide” in Gaza, has suspended its Israeli branch, citing “anti ...