Human Rights and Peter Gabriel at the 2007 Skoll World Forum
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Musician and co-founder of Witness, Peter Gabriel, talks about human rights at the 2007 Skoll World Forum. He talks about the first call he got from Bono and later learning about torture. “I talked to someone whose boyfriend had been thrown out of an airplane,” he said. “I found it very difficult to just walk away and go back to what I was doing before.”
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Musician, Real World Records
Peter Gabriel is a British singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. More recently he has focused on producing and promoting world music and pioneering digital distribution methods for music. He has also been involved in various humanitarian efforts. In 2007 Gabriel was honoured as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his “influence on generations of music makers.” Gabriel was also awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2009 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.
