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Mothers Day…

Send a mothers day card, care of Amnesty to the Tiananmen Mothers for mothers day on the 11th May: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/china/mothers.asp   If you haven’t already see this!

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IDAHO 2008: Edinburgh, 17 May

In our meeting on 6th May we had a guest speaker from LGBT Youth Scotland who informed us of an upcoming event on High street in Edinburgh called IDAHO. This event hope to campaign for LGBT human rights to be acknowldeged worldwide. … Continue reading

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GU Amnesty Committee Meeting 4/5/08

Behind the jump as ever.

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Gruesome or Truthsome?

I would like to pose some questions; How much do you know? How much do you need to know? How much should we show you? These questions have risen from recent pictures we have been sent depicting the terrible outbursts … Continue reading

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Fighting for freedom ’60s style, with music…

Alright maybe it’s not exactly the same, but had anyone else seen this before? MTVs campaign called EXIT (End eXploitation and Trafficking). Whilst they don’t seem to be doing much at the moment, Radiohead have released this video with them: … Continue reading

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China: The Lowdown

Amnesty is calling for four main issue’s to be addressed by the Chinese Governement, these are: executions, fair trials, respect the rights of human rights defenders and freedom of censorship. These will be the main areas that we will focus … Continue reading

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Two Provocative Videos From Amnesty International

Amnesty has released two new videos. The first is intended to raise awareness of waterboarding torture; the second is to draw attention to China’s terrible human rights record. Stuff Of Life: Part of the unsubscribe campaign. See the related blog … Continue reading

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Good News!!!

Fear for safety/Fear of torture or other ill-treatment ALGERIA Rabah Kadri (m), Algerian national (This was a recent action that took place, so I thought I would post it on the Blog for everyone to see that these actions are … Continue reading

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GU Amnesty Committee Minutes 27/04/08

Minutes after the jump

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Gaza Situation ‘worse since 1967′

According to Al-Jazeera news: A new report has said that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is at its worst since Israel seized the territory in 1967. The study released on Thursday was conducted by a coalition of eight British-based human … Continue reading

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