Activists honour Amnesty founder

HUMAN rights campaigners yesterday paid tribute to Amnesty International founder Peter Benenson, who has died aged 83.

Activists honour Amnesty founder
Mon, 28 Feb, 2005 - 00:00
James Reinl

Mr Benenson, who started the organisation in 1961, succumbed to a long illness at an Oxford hospital on Friday.

The Eton-educated lawyer has been praised as a ā€œfather of human rightsā€ by key figures in the movement.

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