Peter Benenson

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founder human human rights activist lawyer

Peter Benenson was a British lawyer and human rights activist best known for launching the international campaign that led to the creation of Amnesty International.

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Peter Benenson canonical 4

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instanceOf founder ⓘ
human ⓘ
human rights activist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
awardReceived Pax Christi International Peace Award ⓘ
Poblet Monastery Peace Prize ⓘ
birthName Peter James Henry Solomon ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
convertedTo Roman Catholicism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1921-07-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-02-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
familyName Benenson ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil liberties ⓘ
human rights law ⓘ
founded Amnesty International ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
honorificTitle Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
knownFor founding Amnesty International ⓘ
launching an international campaign for prisoners of conscience ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Bar Council of England and Wales ⓘ
surface form: Bar of England and Wales
militaryService British Army ⓘ
movement civil liberties movement ⓘ
human rights movement ⓘ
name Peter Benenson self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork The Forgotten Prisoners ⓘ
occupation human rights activist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
organizationFounded Amnesty International ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Oxford ⓘ
publication The Forgotten Prisoners ⓘ
publicationDate 1961-05-28 ⓘ
publishedIn The Observer ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Oxford ⓘ
workedAs cryptographer ⓘ
yearFoundedOrganization 1961 ⓘ

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Amnesty International → founder → Peter Benenson ⓘ
Amnesty → founder → Peter Benenson ⓘ
AI → founder → Peter Benenson ⓘ
subject surface form: Amnesty International
Peter Benenson → name → Peter Benenson self-link ⓘ