Amnesty at Ely Pride 2019
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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
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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 their experiences of escaping Death Row.