Thirty of the world’s most acclaimed authors are to write new works in support of Amnesty International.
Tom Stoppard, Paulo Coelho, JM Coetzee, Jeanette Winterson and Nadine Gordimer are among those taking part in the Blood Like Water project, which marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Six books, each containing five original works, will be published in August.
Each writer will contribute a story “as a literary testament to the ideal that an attack on human rights anywhere is an attack on humanity everywhere”.
The authors will be provided with first-hand interviews, news reports, photographs and video footage of human rights abuses.
Iain Banks, David Mitchelle, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, DBC Pierre, Colm Toibin, Kate Atkinson and Marina Lewycka are also involved.
Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK, said: “From the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the newspaper article that inspired Amnesty International and the countless letters written on behalf of prisoners of conscience ever since, the written word has played a powerful part in promoting and defending human rights.
“That so many of the world’s best-known writers should put their pens to paper on our behalf is thrilling and has enormous potential to spread Amnesty International’s vital message still further.”
From : The Press Association
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Une très bonne nouvelle!
“Un homme qui,en 1986, meurt encore de faim, est une insulte à soi-même et à l’humanité toute entière!”
“Quand au détour d’un village africain, on rencontre des enfants à quatre pattes, qui pour se nourrir mangent des mouches, il n’y a pas de commentaire à ajouter.”
(D.Balavoine, singer 1952-1986)
“A man who, in 1986, starves to death, is an insult to oneself, and to the whole Humanity.”
“When in the course of an African village, one meets chidren down on all fours, who to live on, eat flies, there’s no comment to add”.
Merci à vous tous pour cette initiative.
Your a good man Paulo Coelho.
very good initiative, i hope it has the desired effect of taking the fight for human rights for all humans a step further.
One thing i am really amazed about, amnesty international is there fighting for human rights, environemnt groups are there fighting to save the environement, animal rights groups are there fighting for well animal rights, but..
why don’t these groups join and address the root cause of these ‘abusive’ behaviours; man ( or men ) who are not at peace with themselves. I beleive that if these gropus join hands to add one more item to their agenda, to introduce a period of silnce from about 7 or 8 available each day, in schools colleges etc ( gr8 if it could be done for parliaments, offices also ) then before long we would have citizens who will be able to themselves see that it’s ‘foolish’ to harm others, the enviroenment…
till human rights become availble to everyone, such efforts are laudable; but in present scenario, i feel it’s high time we attacked the root cause of all the ‘ills’ of humanity. Humans who are not at ease with themselves !
This is a great idea,
though I think it’ll never end, as all other humanitarian projects. They may change something, some people maybe, but unfortunately they doesn’t reach the goals.
Why?
Because those fights are with people with power, and these people would never want to let go of that power, no matter the cost, no matter how important, how crucial to this world it is.
And for me that’s the power of stupididy.
Would they intentionally polute, or hurt the world, if they knew that it’ll turn against them sooner or later?
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Agnieszka
…”the written word has played a powerful part in promoting and defending human rights.”
Let’s share our voice and whisper these words into the heart of every being.
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Hildegarde