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Human Rights Watch Presents Cries From The Heart   Apr 26, 2012

  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters
  • Lisa Edelstein's charity work and causes
  • Sally Kirkland's charity work and causes
  • Isobel Campbell's charity work and causes
  • Aung San Suu Kyi's charity work and causes
  • Annette Bening's charity work and causes
  • Rosario Dawson's charity work and causes
  • Sandra Oh's charity work and causes
  • Danny Glover's charity work and causes
  • Judi Dench's charity work and causes
  • Joseph Fiennes's charity work and causes
  • Roger Waters's charity work and causes

On Sunday, May 6, 2012, Human Rights Watch will present CRIES FROM THE HEART: FREEDOM NEEDS A VOICE at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

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Hilary Swank To Donate Appearance Fees To Charity   Oct 16, 2011

  • Hilary Swank's charity work and causes
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters

Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank has announced she will donate her appearance fees from Ramzan Kadyrov’s birthday celebrations to charity.

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Richard Gere Takes Pilgrim To Korea For Charity   Jun 23, 2011

  • Richard Gere's charity work and causes
  • Dalai Lama's charity work and causes
  • International Campaign for Tibet's celebrity supporters
  • Meals On Wheels's celebrity supporters
  • American Foundation for AIDS Research's celebrity supporters
  • Amnesty International's celebrity supporters
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters
  • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's celebrity supporters

Richard Gere is in Korea to support an exhibition of his photos in Seoul raising money for charities involved with the Tibetan human rights campaign.

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Stars Join Twitter Campaign To Close Gitmo   Jan 25, 2010

  • Barack Obama's charity work and causes
  • Coldplay's charity work and causes
  • Trent Reznor's charity work and causes
  • Tom Morello's charity work and causes
  • Amnesty International's celebrity supporters
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters

In a coordinated day of action to urge Congress to close the Guantanamo Bay Prison, twenty Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans from across the country descended on Capitol Hill last week to push back against Republican scare tactics and urge Congress to support President Obama’s decision to close the prison.

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Aung San Suu Kyi Receives Unanimous Support   Aug 18, 2009

  • Aung San Suu Kyi's charity work and causes
  • Gordon Brown's charity work and causes
  • Barack Obama's charity work and causes
  • Amnesty International's celebrity supporters
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi received her sentencing last week: 18 more months of house arrest for breaking the terms of her current detention when she allowed a stranger into her home for two days to recover from swimming across a lake to her property.

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Noah Wyle Wants Obama To Change Health System   Apr 9, 2009

  • Noah Wyle's charity work and causes
  • Barack Obama's charity work and causes
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters
  • Oceana's celebrity supporters

ER star Noah Wyle is pushing for health reforms in the US.

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E! Donates To Jolie-Pitt Foundation   Mar 12, 2009

  • Brad Pitt's charity work and causes
  • Angelina Jolie's charity work and causes
  • Jerry Weintraub's charity work and causes
  • Make It Right's celebrity supporters
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters
  • Global Action for Children's celebrity supporters

It has been revealed that E! Entertainment Television made a significant donation to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation last year.

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Angelina Jolie Tops Celebrity Charity Poll   Jan 2, 2009

  • Angelina Jolie's charity work and causes
  • Global Action for Children's celebrity supporters
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters
  • UNHCR's celebrity supporters
  • Mia Farrow's charity work and causes
  • Bono's charity work and causes

Angelina Jolie has been voted top celebrity humanitarian for the second year running in a Reuters AlertNet poll.

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Brad And Angelina Give To Human Rights Watch   Sep 25, 2008

  • Brad Pitt's charity work and causes
  • Angelina Jolie's charity work and causes
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $1 million to the Human Rights Watch’s work in Burma and Zimbabwe.

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Celebrities Offer Support To Darfur   Dec 10, 2007

  • The Cure's charity work and causes
  • Travis's charity work and causes
  • Doctors Without Borders's celebrity supporters
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters
  • Oxfam's celebrity supporters
  • Kanye West's charity work and causes
  • Coldplay's charity work and causes
  • Macy Gray's charity work and causes
  • Norah Jones's charity work and causes
  • Avril Lavigne's charity work and causes
  • Mia Farrow's charity work and causes
  • Annie Lennox's charity work and causes

The Sudanese region of Darfur is benefiting from several new initiatives this month, all designed to raise awareness and money for the war-torn area. And the biggest effort comes from an independent record label that has waded into the music industry to put its money where its mouth is.

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Gere Awarded Humanitarian Honor   Nov 19, 2007

  • Richard Gere's charity work and causes
  • Dalai Lama's charity work and causes
  • International Campaign for Tibet's celebrity supporters
  • Meals On Wheels's celebrity supporters
  • American Foundation for AIDS Research's celebrity supporters
  • Amnesty International's celebrity supporters
  • Human Rights Watch's celebrity supporters
  • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's celebrity supporters
  • Diane Lane's charity work and causes
  • Oprah's charity work and causes
  • Danny Glover's charity work and causes
  • Quincy Jones's charity work and causes
  • Elizabeth Taylor's charity work and causes
  • Harry Belafonte's charity work and causes

Actor Richard Gere has received a prestigious humanitarian award in his home city of Philadelphia.

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