Cry freedom say U2

Chile's President-elect Michelle Bachelet (R) presents Amnesty International's "Ambassadors of Conscience Award" to the Irish rock group U2 before a concert in Santiago. Picture / Reuters

Irish rock band U2 received Amnesty International's Ambassadors of Conscience award on Sunday in Chile's national stadium, once a notorious detention centre for political prisoners. Chilean President-elect Michelle Bachelet, herself a prisoner in the 1970s, presented the award to U2 before their concert.

Bono said: "There are still people in this country who are silent and they are sick with their secrets. I would just say to them, this is the moment, the beginning of the new Chile to set yourself free from those secrets and come forward."