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NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The legendary punk institution CBGB, www.cbgb.com, has traveled to Moscow to lobby on behalf of imprisoned members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot. Over the past four days, Tim Hayes and Louise Parnassa Staley of CBGB met with the women's family members, the legal defense team, organizing leaders and others. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120829/NY65215 ) On Monday, August 27, Hayes and Parnassa Staley hand delivered...
NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amnesty International today announced its line-up of 35 of the world's most talented comedians and musicians who will stand up for free speech and celebrate 50 years of Amnesty International at the upcoming Secret Policeman's Ball, March 4, 2012 at Radio City Music Hall. Comedians and actors announced today include: Matt Berry, Jimmy Carr, Eddie Izzard, Taran Killam, Rex Lee, Bobby Moynihan, Liam Neeson, Chris O'Dowd, Jay Pharoah, Tim Roth...
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amnesty International announced today that some of the top comedic talent in the U.S. and U.K. will be joining the Secret Policeman's Ball line-up at New York City's Radio City Music Hall Sunday, March 4, 2012. The all-star cast of music and comedy talent includes previously announced artists Coldplay, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Mumford & Sons, Russell Brand and Reggie Watts. New performers added to the show include American...
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today it was announced that for the first time Amnesty International's world-renowned Secret Policeman's Ball will be hosted in the United States. The event - a star-studded, legendary night of comedy and music - will take place on March 4, 2012 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. This historic event is a spectacular evening of original comedy, multiplatinum, award-winning musical performers and collaborations, never-before-seen...
Larry Cox Concludes Four-Year Tenure with Major Campaign Advancements NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International USA today announced its new executive director, Suzanne Nossel, a human rights lawyer and activist, with executive experience in the private sector and government. She will begin the role on January 2, 2012, and will be based in the organization's New York office. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081014/AILOGO) (Photo:...
Petitions Demand Lifting of Harsh Sentence Against Acclaimed Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi NEW YORK, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On behalf of Amnesty International, Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis delivered a stack of 21,000 petition signatures into the hands of an officer of the Iran Mission to the United Nations on Wednesday, demanding the lifting of a harsh sentence against acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi. Haggis was part of an Amnesty International...
Deliver Petitions to Iranian Mission Urging Reversal of Sentence on Film Director Jafar PanahiAmnesty International Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity/June 8 Event NEW YORK, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International will lead a delegation of Hollywood luminaries to the Iran Mission to the United Nations on Wednesday, June 8 to symbolically rename a NYC street plaza "Azadi Square" ("Freedom Square") and deliver tens of thousands of petition signatures...
World Premiere of Moving Video, Standing Up for Freedom, with Music by Composers Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe, Released as Commemorations Held Across the Globe WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International will observe its 50th anniversary by issuing a global call to action on Saturday, May 28, the day in 1961 when its founder published an appeal for amnesty for six prisoners unjustly imprisoned; the enormous response led to the founding of Amnesty...
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International is joining with Yoko Ono and Ozzy Osbourne in shining a light on the 70th anniversary of the birth of John Lennon with a special new recording of the iconic Lennon song "How?" to be released on iTunes on Tuesday, October 5. All U.S. proceeds will benefit Amnesty International, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization. The recording will be available worldwide as a digital download exclusively on iTunes. The...
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With tens of thousands of hurricane survivors still prevented from returning or rebuilding five years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- and the Gulf Coast now reeling from the disastrous oil spill -- actor Nicolas Cage is speaking up on behalf of victims in a video produced by Amnesty International USA. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081014/AILOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081014/AILOGO) In the film...
