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Amnesty International concert tour

Title
Amnesty International concert tour
Genre
News report; Interview; Vox pop; Music
TX Date
5 Jul 1988
Year of production
1988
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Duration
00:04:47
Description
Amnesty International’s international awareness-raising music tour for human rights begins at Wembley Stadium and promoter Harvey Goldsmith is confident it will have a big impact. Further comment from chairperson of Amnesty and Marie Staunton from the British section of Amnesty. Also vox pop on human rights infringements. And clips from music tracks by Sting, Don’t Give Up by Peter Gabriel and Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (all appearing at the concert). Report by Dave Harvey.
Contributors
Marie Staunton; Harvey Goldsmith; Dave Harvey
Keywords
Human rights; Human rights violations; Amnesty International; London; Popular music; Concert tours; Pop concerts; Wembley Stadium; Awareness-raising campaigns

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