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Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.

Peter Benenson

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Peter Benenson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1921
Born: July 31
Died: 2005
Died: February 25
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