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Subject: MTV will premiere "Get Up, Stand Up" Human Rights Special March 26 at 8:3...

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>Subj:	MTV will premiere "Get Up, Stand Up" Human Rights Special March 26 at
>8:30 p.m. 
>Date:	97-03-20 21:44:50 EST
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>    NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 20, 1997--MTV: Music 
>Television will premiere a half hour special on human rights, "Get 
>Up, Stand Up" on March 26 at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
>          Hosted by MTV's News Reporter, Serena Aschtul, the special 
>profiles this year's Reebok Human Rights Awards recipients, takes a 
>look at human rights issues around the world, and discusses ways 
>young people can get involved.  Also included are interviews with 
>Michael Stipe, Peter Gabriel and other celebrities discussing human 
>rights awareness.
>          "Get Up, Stand Up" focuses on the recipients of the annual 
>Reebok Human Rights Awards which honors young men and women, under 
>the age of 30 from around the world, for the good work they do in 
>the field of human rights.
>          This year's recipients include:
>
>    Julie Su, an American attorney who came to the aid of 72 Thai 
>garment workers found imprisoned in an El Monte, Calif. sweatshop.
>          Jesus Teco Osorio from Guatemala who is pressing his government 
>to compensate villagers for the land and goods they lost after government 
>soldiers executed 177 women and children from his village of Rio Negro.
>          Innocent Chukwuma from Nigeria who campaigns against oppressive 
>policies instituted by the military government.  He pioneered a 
>program to document and publicize police brutality and developed a 
>sensitivity training program for police.
>          Dr. Ma Thida from Burma is currently a prisoner of conscience.  
>She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for treating injured 
>protestors and handing out pro-democracy pamphlets.
>          The youngest recipient is thirteen years old, Craig Kielburger 
>from Canada who was honored for his Free The Children world-wide 
>organization which educates the public about child labor.  He was 
>inspired to start his own movement after reading about 1994 
>recipient, Iqbal Masih.  Iqbal was Craig's age when he started a 
>movement in Pakistan to protect the rights of children in servitude 
>to carpet manufacturers.
>          Also included are interviews by Michael Stipe and Peter Gabriel 
>who talk about the importance of getting involved.  Other 
>celebrities such as Susan Sarandon, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Blair 
>Underwood, Lauren Holly, Jonathan Silverman, Andrew Shue, Ed 
>Kowalczyk of the band Live and Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox
>talk about what human rights mean to them.
>          MTV NETWORKS, a unit of Viacom Inc., owns and operates five cable
>television programming services -- MTV: Music Television, M2, VH1, 
>Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, and Nick at Nite's TV Land -- all of which 
>are trademarks of MTV Networks.
>      CONTACT: 
>      MTV Program Publicity
>      Sheryl Jones
>      212/258-8764