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FREEDOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN WORTH FIGHTING FOR<br />
AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE<br />
First <strong>Amnesty</strong> <strong>International</strong> New<br />
Zealand group was formed.<br />
<strong>Amnesty</strong> <strong>International</strong> is awarded the<br />
Nobel Peace Prize for “having contributed<br />
to securing the grounds for freedom,<br />
justice and thereby peace in the world.”<br />
1965 1977<br />
1992 international<br />
membership hits one million<br />
with 6,000 local groups in<br />
over 70 countries.<br />
1992<br />
1961 1969<br />
First <strong>Amnesty</strong> <strong>International</strong> New Zealand and group<br />
was formed.<br />
1989<br />
Founded in 1961 by Peter<br />
Benenson, <strong>Amnesty</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> has been fighting<br />
for human rights ever since.<br />
In January, UNESCO granted <strong>Amnesty</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> consultative status as the<br />
organisation reached a milestone - 2,000<br />
prisoners <strong>of</strong> conscience released.<br />
Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing:<br />
<strong>Amnesty</strong> <strong>International</strong> members write more<br />
than 25,000 letters and telegrams to China<br />
within five days <strong>of</strong> massacre on 4 June.
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