Morreu o fundador da Amnistia Internacional

Lido no Daily Mail :

The founder of Amnesty International, Peter Benenson, has died at the age of 83, the human rights organisation said.

Mr Benenson set up Amnesty International in 1961 after reading an article about the arrest and imprisonment of two students in a cafe in Lisbon, Portugal who had drunk a toast to liberty.

Irene Khan, secretary general of the organisation, said that "his vision gave birth to human rights activism".

Alguns dos que por aqui passam ainda se lembrarão deste episódio ocorrido em 1961, ou, pelo menos, de outros semelhantes, frequentes na década de 60.