Thursday, May 22, 2003

"Imagine" and Human Rights
A new music video of John Lennon's "Imagine" will be launched in Ireland by Amnesty International on May 24 as part of a worldwide human rights education campaign.

Yoko Ono has agreed to give Amnesty the rights of the song until the end of 2004 at the suggestion of Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, and the new video has been produced by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer.

The Imagine public education campaign was inspired by Gabriel Byrne after he heard children at a New York school singing it at his niece's graduation ceremony. Yoko Ono agreed to give Amnesty the rights to the song because the human rights organisation's work "embodies the spirit of 'Imagine'".

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