Ely Amnesty branch on 12 years of fundraising
Amnesty at Ely Pride 2019 - Credit: AMNESTY ELY The Ely branch of Amnesty International is marking the organisation’s 60th anniversary on May 28. Perico Rodriguez and the Jupp family at Ely Cathedral in October 2014 - Credit: AMNESTY ELY The international human rights group was set up in 1961 by Peter Benenson, a London lawyer who was appalled to read about two Portuguese students jailed for seven years by their government. Their crime? They had raised a glass and toasted liberty. In October 2013, married couple Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle spoke to an audience at Ely Cathedral about th...
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