On Human Rights Day, December 10, 2012, two new versions of “Toast to Freedom,” a song that first appeared in May of 2012 in celebration of the human right’s organization’s 50th anniversary, will be released. These new versions, each a unique interpretation of the original, continue to spread the organization’s human rights message.

ARD überträgt in Deutschland am 26. Mai ab 21 Uhr live das Finale des Eurovision Song Contest aus Baku. Und als Höhepunkt überträgt Das Erste ab 0.15 Uhr die “Grand Prix Party” live aus Hamburg unter anderem auch mit dem Song “Toast To Freedom”.

Be among the music legends who have recorded “Toast To Freedom”: record your own vocal track of the song to be selected by our distinguished jury for a professional recording with global release and kick off your career as a singer!

Russian artists have been the first to create their own version of “Toast To Freedom” independently in support of Amnesty International.

Many more have asked us for the chords so they could create their very own version as well. So without further ado – here are the chords for all of you who want to create their own version of the song.

Two Russian artists are the first in a string of artists worldwide to create their own version of “Toast To Freedom”. Many more will be joining in over the course of the next few months to make their personal contribution in support of Amnesty International. It wasn’t difficult for Boris Barabanov, music writer for Russian newspaper “Kommersant”, to convince Russian rapper Basta (Vasily Vakulenko) to create an all-new lyrics version of “Toast to Freedom”, called “Svoboda”. Within days, the song reached more than 300.000 views on YouTube and will soon be available on iTunes.

The Art for Amnesty Band kicked off the worldwide release of “Toast To Freedom”, featuring Kris Kristofferson, Jonny Lang, Shawn Mullins, Larry Campbell, on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC last night.

To kick off the worldwide release of “Toast To Freedom”, the “Art for Amnesty Band“, featuring Kris Kristofferson, Jonny Lang, Shawn Mullins, Larry Campbell, and more, will perform “Toast To Freedom” on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC, Thursday, May 3 at 11:30pm et/10:30pm ct.