Amnesty International Starts Program to Prevent Torture
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Medicine, Health, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Human Rights, Violence, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, Latin American History, Eastern European History, African History, Spanish/Portuguese History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: London
- Date: October, 1983
Article abstract: Amnesty International’s Campaign Against Torture, which was begun in 1972, culminated in the adoption of the 12-Point Program for the Prevention of Torture.
Summary of Event
Amnesty International’s campaign against torture began almost incidentally in 1965, almost four years after AI’s founding by Peter Benenson. Two publications on prison conditions, one on South Africa and the other on Portugal and Romania, contained evidence that physical and mental pain were being applied against prisoners. The South African report indicated...
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