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Jul 5 2008 5:02PM
Hello from the Belfast Youth Group!

This is Laura from the Belfast Amnesty Youth Group – the first non-school youth group in Northern Ireland. This is just an outline of who we are, and saying hello! We've been running since the end of February 2008. Our meetings were...

Jul 4 2008 4:26PM
What to do about 42?

I went to the Guardian/Observer’s debate at Westminster last night, “Liberty in Peril?” starring David Aaronovitch (in a dazzling pink shirt), Denis McShane, Henry Porter and (headlining) David Davis. DD will have been pleased to look...

Jul 4 2008 4:24PM
Who will be the next UN Human Rights Commissioner?

Could Northern Ireland-educated Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, be the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ? She certainly seems to be in the running for the world's top human rights job, according to a...

Jul 4 2008 11:25AM
I am therefore I think

On Tuesday I got the chance to get out of the office, away from all the “doing”, and join a group of academics at St Andrew’s University for a much needed chance to “think”. The group in question were psychologists from various...

Jul 3 2008 3:33PM
Wengan Mass Incident and Continuous repression

In Wengan Mass Incident, a few people were killed and hundreds of people were arrested by Chinese authorities. Please refer to Girl’s Death Sparks Rioting In China Continuous repression against people before Beijing Olympics Please...