Young Human Rights Reporters 2013

Congratulations to the talented young human rights journalists who last year beat off stiff competition from over 2,500 entrants from nearly 200 schools across the UK to be named the Young Human Rights Reporters Of The Year at a glittering award ceremony on 30 April 2013. See the list of winners and read their winning articles below.
Read all about it! Amnesty blog | Guardian blog| Winner Holly's Huffington Post blog

ENTER THIS YEAR'S YOUNG HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTER AWARDS
Resources, full competition info and online entry
Entry deadline 17 February 2014

2013 winners

Upper Primary: Liliana Newsam-Smith, 10, Rhodes Avenue Primary School, London
Girls Education Improves the Nation (pdf)
Runners up:
Alice De Abaitua, 11, London Fields Primary School, London E8 | Being Gay (pdf)
Rianne Taha, 10, St Cedd's Primary School, Chelmsford, Essex | Refugee's Rights (pdf)

Lower Secondary: Victoria Coleman, 14, Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend, Kent
I am tortured. I am starved. I am a woman. (pdf)
Runners up:
Anna-Beth Brogan, 12, Oxford High School for Girls, Oxford | Rings That Bind Us (pdf)
Gabriella Emery, 11, Bishop Thomas Grant School, London | Albinism - Is Everything Black or White? (pdf)

Upper Secondary: Zaahidur Rahman, 15, Cranbrook School, Ilford, Essex
FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) (pdf)
Runners up:
Ellie Williams, 15, from Knutsford Academy, Knutsford, Cheshire | One In Three (pdf)
Genevieve Brown, 16, from Inverurie Academy, Inverurie, Scotland | The Uncertain Future Of Female Education in Afghanistan (pdf)

Sixth Form: Holly Gomez, 16, Woodfarm High School, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Scars Not Only Physical for North Korea's 'Ghost Prisoners' (pdf)
Runners up:
Charlie Blake, 17, from Bancroft's School, Woodford Green, Essex | Poisoned For Profit (pdf)
Louise Wylie, 16, from Knightswood Secondary School, Glasgow, Scotland | Torture Masked As Tradition (pdf)

Please note: These are the original articles and have not been edited or fact checked by Amnesty.

Shortlists: Top Ten Finalists

Upper Primary

Amelia Cliff, BBG Academy, Cleckheaton
Alice De Abaitua, London Fields Primary School, London
Miranda Gibbon, Merryhills Primary School, London
Matthew Johnson, Gorseland Primary School, Suffolk
Ediz Korusoy, Osideg Primary School, London
Clement Marshall, Rhodes Avenue Primary School, London
Liliana Newsam-Smith, Rhodes Avenue Primary School, London
Ailsa Robb, Rhodes Avenue Primary School, London
Bryony Smith, Gorseland Primary School, Suffolk
Rianne Taha, St Cedds, Chelmsford

Lower Secondary

Lir Afiq, Chinthurst School, Tadworth, Surrey
Anna-Beth Brogan, Oxford High, Oxford
Harry Brown, Yarm School, Stockton on Tees
Connor Brown, Dolphin School, Hurst, nr Reading
Victoria Coleman, Mayfield Grammar, Gravesend
Gabriella Emery, Bishop Thomas Grant, Streatham, London
Ciara Maxwell, Notting Hill Prep, London
Ashta Ndombele, Bishop Thomas Grant, Streatham, London
Jack O'Dwyer-Henry, Methodist College, Belfast
Bethany Patrick, Forge Valley Community School, Sheffield

Upper Secondary

Genevieve Brown, Inverurie Academy, Inverurie, Scorland
Chloe Crowl, Penglais Comprehensive, Aberystwyth
Sean Kemsley, Marling, Stroud, Glos
Kelsea Utting, The Dormston, Sedgley
Ellie Williams, Knutsford Accademy, Knutsford
Jessamine Rosales, The Sholing Technology College, Southampton
Ebrubaoghene Abel-Unokan, Wilson's School, Wallington, Surrey
James Sheridan, Wilson's School, Wallington, Surrey
Zaahidur Rahman, Cranbrook School, Ilford
India Moore, Wirral Grammar School for Girls, Bebington

Sixth Form

Amy Barr, Coloma Convent Girls, Croydon
Julia Cushion, Lewis Girls, Hengoed, Wales
Saphia Haffejee, Tolworth Girls Surbiton, Surrey
Charlie Blake, Bancroft's School, Woodford Green, Essex
Louise Wylie, Knightswood Secondary
Harriette Casey, Colchester Sixth Form, Colchester
Elizabeth Shorland, Kendrick, Reading
Georgia Musson, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Alena Sadiq, Woldingham, Surrey
Holly Gomez, Woodfarm High, East Renfrewshire

The Young Human Rights Reporter Competition 2013 was run by Amnesty International UK, in partnership with the Guardian Teacher Network and MA Publications, publishers of SecEd, Headteacher Update and Primary Teacher Update. It was generously supported by the The Peter Stebbings Memorial Charity.