TO FREEDOM: Right around the

By Ed Driscoll 10:59 AM on June 01, 2004

TO FREEDOM: Right around the time of the global Live Aid concerts in 1985, Amnesty International began running a slickly produced commercial featuring numerous celebrities, including Glenn Close, who said that in many countries, raising a toast to freedom could get you arrested, and that Amnesty International was fighting for those oppressed people everywhere.

Sadly, that was a long time ago.

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