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This Week’s News (14/11/2011)

Hello Amnesty people! I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend! This is a roundup of the coming meeting and events, but please scroll down further to check out what our brilliant sister society, STAR (Student Action For Refugees) have … Continue reading

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More News!

Hello Amnestiers! Firstly, a biiiig well done to all the campaigners who stood on library hill last Wednesday for our End Stoning campaign. We were there for just over two hours and collected an amazing 458 names! Thanks to everyone … Continue reading

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Week 4 Weekly News and Updates!

Hello GU Amnestiers! Hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend.  Was great to see so many back on Tuesday- and to have so much more space in Qudos was such a delight!  We’re back in Qudos, 5pm on Tuesday in the QMU.  After … Continue reading

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Aung San Released! And This Weeks Happenings

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well on this pivotal day! Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s opposition leader and our longest-serving prisoner of conscience, has finally been released after spending 15 of the last 21 years under house arrest! … Continue reading

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Iraqi Shoe-Throwing Journalist Was Tortured

Muntadar al-Zaidi has demanded an apology for the torture he received while in a Baghdad prison for 9 months. Initially convicted to 3 years imprisonment for throwing a shoe to then-President George W Bush, his sentence was reduced and he … Continue reading

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AIUK Condemns Detention Plans

Edit: Emma beat me to it. if you want to read what I wrote, you can get it after the jump.

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Comedy Night @ The Stand

Just to let everyone who wasn’t able to go know, the comedy night last night was a great laugh. The comedy was delivered by Gary Little, Kevin Bridges, Gus Tawse, Carly Baker and Parrot. There jokes were great and the … Continue reading

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Concern for Bilal Hussein, AP Reporter Detained in Iraq

An Associated Press photographer who has been detained by the US military in Iraq without charge for over 19 months is to now presumably to be charged with having links to terrorist groups, though exact charges are unknown. The case … Continue reading

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