Keira Knightley - Knightley Joins Human Rights Campaign

10 December 2008 19:12
Keira Knightley on the set of 'Last Night' filming in Manhattan's SoHo

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Knightley Joins Human Rights Campaign

British actress KEIRA KNIGHTLEY has become the new face of a campaign by human rights charity Amnesty International.

The Atonement star has posed for a photograph holding a banner carrying the slogan "Protect the Human", released to mark the 60th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

The agreement, which was signed on 10 December 1948, set out for the first time in a single document the fundamental rights that should be enjoyed by all.

Knightley has also made a short film to mark the occasion, using the opportunity to voice her opinion on the matter.

She says, "I wanted to be part of this film for Amnesty to help raise awareness of the UDHR and to help them, in a small way, to campaign against the abuses of human rights that are still happening every day.

"It seems that 'human rights' has become a bit of a loaded term in this country, but if you look at the declaration that countries made 60 years ago, it just sets out a series of basic rules about how people should treat each other.

"The UDHR is something that everyone should be aware of and be proud of as a statement of our common humanity."


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5th January 2009   23:41

Jake Maverick (1)

....and to think i had quite the crush on Kiera 'thrice' Knightly..... ;-) disapointing....hope her intentions are good but amnesty hardly does what 'it says on the tin'..............

2nd January 2009   17:31

JakeMaverick (1)

You wanna read a story on this sort of thing? Try searching 'Jake Maverick'... comments would be appreciated. hoping not to be around for too much longer!!!

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