*Ø* Blogmanac May 28 | Amnesty International Day
May 28, 1961 Amnesty International was founded, by English lawyer Peter Benenson, Irish Nobel Laureate Seán MacBride (chairman from 1961 to 1975) and others, with an article, 'The Forgotten Prisoners', in the London Observer and the Paris Le Monde.
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups.
Amnesty International Day
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May 28, 1961 Amnesty International was founded, by English lawyer Peter Benenson, Irish Nobel Laureate Seán MacBride (chairman from 1961 to 1975) and others, with an article, 'The Forgotten Prisoners', in the London Observer and the Paris Le Monde.
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups.
Amnesty International Day
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date when you're there.
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