Monthly Archives for May 2014


May 28: Amnesty International Founded

On 28 May 1961, Amnesty International was founded. Amnesty International is an independent Human Rights organization founded by Peter Benensonm a British lawyer who started a worldwide campaign called “Appeal for Amnesty 1961.” It was started because he read “The Forgotten Prisoners” about two Portuguese students who were imprisoned for raising a toast to freedom. […]