Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

Amnesty International’s  Human Rights Concert series will be returning on 5 February 2014. The “Bringing Human Rights Home” concert takes place at the Barclays Center. Among the performers will be The Flaming Lips, Imagine Dragons, Lauryn Hill, Tegan and Sara, The Fray, Cold War Kids, Colbie Caillat, and Cake. These artists – unlike Mariah Carey – want to show a new generation of activists how to stand up for justice at home and abroad.The “Human Rights Concerts” were a series of concerts Amnesty presented between 1986-1998. The most high-profile of these was the “Human Rights Now!” world tour. Over a million people attended concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Youssou N’Dour. Other musicians, such as Bono, Joan Baez and k.d. lang joined at various parts of the tour as special guests.