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| screen shot from Amnesty video |
On May 28, 1961, a newspaper article by British lawyer Peter Benenson, "The Forgotten Prisoners," inspired the worldwide campaign Appeal for Amnesty and led, eventually, to the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/appeal-for-amnesty-campaign-launches
For more information about AI, see (website with video; CAUTION: the video, while animated, is pretty raw)
http://www.amnestyusa.org/about-us/amnesty-50-years/50-years-of-human-rights/shining-a-light-on-human-rights-for-50-years
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