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Knightley supports human rights campaign
Published Wednesday, Dec 10 2008, 09:59 GMT | By Lara Martin

Rex Features
The Atonement actress has lent her support to a short film celebrating the 60th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNHR).
She said: "I wanted to be part of this film for Amnesty to help raise awareness of the UDHR and to help them, in a small way, to campaign against the abuses of human rights that are still happening every day.
"It seems that 'human rights' has become a bit of a loaded term in this country, but if you look at the declaration that countries made 60 years ago, it just sets out a series of basic rules about how people should treat each other.
"The UDHR is something that every one should be aware of and be proud of as a statement of our common humanity."
Minnie Driver and Erin O'Connor also feature in the film.
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