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World Service,26 May 2011,10 mins

Amnesty at 50

Witness History

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It is half a century since the launch of the human rights group Amnesty International. Over the years it has highlighted thousands of cases where people have been imprisoned without trial. Maria was a teenager in jail in Uruguay when she was helped by one of its early letter-writing campaigns. (Photo: Maria today)

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