Amnesty International 40th Anniversary

British lawyer, Peter Benenson, launches an Appeal for Amnesty '61 with the publication of an article, "The Forgotten Prisoners" in The Observer newspaper, London, United Kingdom (UK), on May 28th. The imprisonment of two Portuguese students who had raised their wine glasses in a toast to freedom moved Benenson to write this article which proved to be the genesis of AI. The appeal was reprinted in other papers across the world.

In July, the first international meeting with delegates from Belgium, UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the United States decides to establish "a permanent international movement in defence of freedom of opinion and religion."

More information:
- Juntos por los derechos humanos (Sección Española de Amnistía Internacional)
- Amnesty International 40th Anniversary

Local groups in the Balearic Islands:

Amnistia Internacional Mallorca
Sant Miquel, 26 (oficina B)
07002 Palma
www.mallorcaweb.net/aimallorca

Amnistia Internacional Eivissa
Apdo. correos 1424
07800 Eivissa

Amnistia Internacional Menorca
Apdo. correos 593
07700 Maó

Related news:
- Presentation of the campaign "Take a step to stamp out torture" (8/1/2001)

Datum: 27/05/2001

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