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The song continues a long relationship between Amnesty International and the creative community, which has helped spread the word of its mission almost from the start in 1961. McGregor said in a statement it is important to draw attention to the group's cause. "For people that are in situations where they are denied any kind of voice ... those of us that have one should be loud on their behalf," he said. "We should be able to use our voice to draw attention to their struggle and to put pressure on the people that are oppressing them to let them know that we are here and we don't accept what they are doing. That it's not right and it's against our human code." Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty said in a phone interview from London that the group chose to release the song on Thursday, World Press Freedom Day, to support the cause of open media in places like Syria and China. And he sees much progress as Amnesty celebrates 50 years. "If you take just one year, what's happened in the Middle East and North Africa, what those people are doing, I characterize that as a human rights revolution," Shetty said. "You cannot turn on the TV without seeing a discussion of human rights, which you'd never see before. It's a real resurgence of people power, the resurgence of ideals of justice, fairness and freedom." ___ Online:
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