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Type: Lawyer Quotes Category: British Lawyer Quotes Date of Birth: July 31, 1921 Date of Death: February 25, 2005 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Peter Benenson Related Authors: Robert Green Ingersoll Clarence Darrow Barbara Jordan Floyd Abrams Lajos Kossuth Ralph Nader Elihu Root Wendell Willkie |
It's the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and that's what matters.
Peter Benenson Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government. Peter Benenson The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who "disappeared". That's what the candle is for. Peter Benenson Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice. Peter Benenson Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity. Peter Benenson |
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