Lars G. Petersson

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Lars G. Petersson
Born1951 (age 7273)
Occupation(s) Human rights activists, blogger and book writer
Website larsgpetersson.com

Lars G. Petersson (born 1951) is a Swedish-British human rights activist, blogger and book writer.

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He worked for the human rights organisation Amnesty International in Denmark. He focused on the treatment of refugees in Denmark and the campaign against the death penalty. [1] Currently, he lives in London [2] and is the co-founder of the BASTA-Kampagne. [3]

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