Alicia Keys performs in honour of the late Tupac Shakur at the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York on April 4, 2017. (Reuters photo)NEW YORK - American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys and Canada's indigenous rights movement have been selected to receive top accolades for their human rights activism by Amnesty International, the human rights group announced on Thursday. Keys has mixed activism with art, advocating for social justice issues, and the Canadian movement fights for indigenous legal and land rights, Amnesty said. She also is active in women's rights, was a speaker at January's Women's March on Washington and started a campaign by not wearing make up to a top awards ceremony last year. The Canadian activists have drawn attention to indigenous people who have been marginalised after decades of public silence and apathy, Amnesty said.

Source: Bangkok Post April 13, 2017 09:45 UTC