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About me
I'm the Northern Ireland Programme Director and Head of Nations & Regions at Amnesty International UK.
You'll find me on twitter: @PatrickCorrigan as well as Amnesty Northern Ireland: @AmnestyNI
Speech by Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International, at a protest in Belfast against the genocide in Gaza being perpetrated by Israel. The protest, outside Barclays Bank, was organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity, 31 May 2025.
About me
Shao Jiang, a former prisoner of conscience for his active role in the 1989 pro-democracy movement, is a committed activist-scholar, who lives and works in exile in London. The academic interests focus on politics and media, social movement, democratisation, feminism, law in PRC and Hong Kong, autonomy & sovereignty & self-determination, international Human Rights mechanisms, comparative studies on development models and political institutions, theory and practice of Civil Society. Publications include Citizen Publications in China before the Internet (Palgrave, 2015).
A candlelight vigil will be held opposite the PRC Embassy in London to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy movement and commemorate victims of the Tiananmen Massacre. Time: Wednesday 4 June 2025, 8-10pm Venue: Chinese...
This blog post outlines how the platform and community strategy work together to guide people from discovery of our community to becoming activists within it.
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Community Organiser (Networks and Coordinators)
Until every Afghan woman and girl can spread her wings and fly, our country will never truly know peace.
This blog originally featured in the Amnesty Scotland newsletter for activists. A reflection on the actions and ambitions of Scottish student activists by Omar Saleh, Student Action Network Committee Chair/Scotland Rep 2024-25 Student...