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Peter Benenson Quotes

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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Type:
Lawyer Quotes
Category:
British Lawyer Quotes
Date of Birth:
July 31, 1921
Date of Death:
February 25, 2005
Nationality:
British
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