Eric Baker
History of Great Britain
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| | 1958 | Amnesty International | |
| Upon Benenson's return to London in later 1960 after an extended holiday in Italy, he and Eric Baker begin work on creating an organization which reflects their collective thinking
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| 1961 | Amnesty International | |
| Benenson has a book published, "Persecution", which details the cases of several prisoners of conscience investigated and compiled by Benenson and Baker
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| 28th May Benenson and Baker, in consultation with other writers, academics and lawyers, write via Louis Blom-Cooper to David Astor, editor of The Observer newspaper, who, on May 28, 1961, publishes Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners
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| 28th May Marks the launch of 'Appeal for Amnesty, 1961', the aim of which is to mobilize public opinion, quickly and widely, in defence of these individuals, and in particular communist party members, who Benenson named "Prisoners of Conscience"
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