Rock for human rights: Human rights defenders and musicians unite to oppose the death penalty
This
issue of the human rights podcast is dated to the World Day against
the Death Penalty, marked on 10 October.
Human rights
activist and a lover of rock Valiantsin Stefanovich and journalist
Kasia Yanovich tried to find the attempts of reflection over the
death penalty in the history of the world rock music, including the
deeds of well-known musicians aimed at drawing the attention of the
society to this issue.
As a result, they got a good choice of
successfull, influential and innovative British, American and
Belarusian bands. The podcast was dedicated to
♫ Led
Zeppelin
♫ Iron Maiden
♫
Bruce Springsteen
♫ Crowblack
and
others...
“Rock for human rights” - is an original radio
program of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” about the famous rock
activists who believe in human rights. The program tells the
listeners how acute social issues are raised and solved with the
participation of musicians and with the assistance of their creative
work.
Here you can listen to today's issue of the program (in the Belarusian language):
