Be Good

A detailed Summary of Be Good


In 1961, London lawyer Peter Benenson read about a group of students in Portugal who were arrested and jailed for raising a toast to freedom in a public restaurant. This incident prompted him to launch a one-year campaign called "Appeal for Amnesty 1961" in the London Observer.

The "Appeal for Amnesty" called for the release of all people imprisoned because of peaceful expression of their beliefs, politics, race, religion, colour, or national origin. Benenson called these people, "prisoners of conscience." His plan was to encourage people to write letters to government officials in countries, which had prisoners of



Some common words found in the essay are:
Amnesty International, Amnesty International's, Appeal Amnesty, Peter Benenson, human rights, Human Rights, amnesty international, , amnesty international's, human rights standards, people imprisoned peaceful, human rights amnesty, rights amnesty international, prisoners conscience, appeal amnesty, intergovernmental organisations, rights abuses, rights amnesty, human rights abuses, peaceful expression, imprisoned peaceful,

Approximate Word count = 416
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

join now Save Paper



Saved Paper

Save your papers so you can locate them quickly!

Newest Essays

Testimonials

  • "Thank You So Much!!! You have saved me once again!!!"
    Jack M.
  • "With so many papers to chose from, I was able to get ideas to help me with all of my classes. Thank You!"
    Brian P.
  • "I've used this site for the last 3 years to help me come up with ideas for my papers."
    Sara J.
  • "I use this site every week to help me write my own papers!"
    Rachel W.
  • "I love this site!!!"
    Marie N.