On 20th July 2010 Annie Lennox headlined a historic rally in downtown Vienna today The march and rally featured a  live musical performance by Annie and provided the opportunity for people to demonstrate their commitment to protecting human rights and stopping the spread of HIV.
The event consisted of a 30-minute peaceful march in downtown Vienna to a public rally with government leaders, human rights and AIDS advocates, and people affected by HIV. Following the speeches, Annie Lennox gave a special presentation about The SING Campaign, which included a musical performance and some short films highlighting the issues that surround HIV and AIDS. Annie also asked for a minute of silence to remember the victims of AIDS.

As part of the Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever campaign, the conference-affiliated event was led by a global coalition of organizations including The SING campaign and the International AIDS Society, and supported by the Open Society Institute and other sponsors including Aids Hilfe Wien and Homosexuelle Initiative Wien (HOSI).

Click here to read an article about this event from AFP.
Click here to watch a BBC video report from this event
Click here to watch Annie's interview with Al Jazeera
Click here to read a blog post about this event from Levi Strauss & Co

Keep an eye on the following Austrian press/media today and over the coming days for interviews with Annie Lennox and coverage of the AIDS 2010 Conference. We will as always, post links to any coverage as soon as we have them. ORF Evening News, Kulturmontag, FM4, Puls4.

Click the links to read the story/watch the video, more links coming over the next few days  so keep checking back
ORF (video)
Yahoo (text)

On 18th July 2010 Annie Lennox attended and spoke at AIDS2010  conference in Vienna. You can now watch Annie's presentation online, click here to watch now. (starts at 3.23.40 on the player).
Images below were taken during the "Join Us To Reshape The Future of AIDS Today" Town Hall meeting, where at the end of the event, Annie called on all participants to raise a green card in a sign of solidarity for human rights and HIV.
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Images below from the opening ceremony press conference. Click to enlarge








You can also follow Annie's activities in Vienna on Facebook, Myspace and Twitter and get all the latest news from the AIDS 2010 conference from the UNAIDS website unaidstoday.org

Tomorrow Annie Lennox will headline an historic rally in downtown Vienna on 20 July 2010, see story below for more infomation or click here to view this event on facebook.

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Photo Credits:  Robert Leslie / TED / James Duncan Davidson