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Ahaha- we must have had Amnesty in the original Brindle Style website- I remember emailing to ask what is AI? Being only familiar with the cattle breeding term AI -artificial imsemination....
Amnesty International, Amnesty or AI...
 Founded in 1961 by Englisman Peter Benenson student of the poet Auden. And Eton.
Besides Amnesty Berenson also founded in 1956 a law based human rights group. JUSTICE - "from the very first, JUSTICE had two characteristics which are very recognisable today - a consciously all-party approach and a concern for international rule of law and human rights issues."
Benenson is featured/honored in the song If Everyone Cared by Nickelback - wikipedia
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Founder of Amnesty dies aged 83
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Amnesty said Mr Benenson "brought light into the darkness of prisons"
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The founder of human rights
The British lawyer set up the group in 1961, after reading an article about the imprisonment of two students in Portugal who drank a toast to liberty.
"Peter Benenson's life was a courageous testament to his visionary commitment to fight injustice around the world," said Amnesty's Irene Khan.
'People power'
"He brought light into the darkness of prisons, the horror of torture chambers and tragedy or death camps around the world.
"This was a man whose conscience shone in a cruel and terrifying world, who believed in the power of the ordinary people to bring about extraordinary change and, by creating Amnesty International, he gave each of us the opportunity to make a difference.
"In 1961 his vision gave birth to human rights activism. In 2005 his legacy is a world-wide movement for human rights which will never die."
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