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Obama and human rights: 100 days to counter terror with justice
22 November 2008 at 00:38 by Patrick Corrigan
Hopes are riding high on an Obama presidency. Not least among human rights campaigners in America and internationally who have had a tough few years trying to reconcile old fashioned concepts like the Geneva Conventions and the taboo on torture with the Bush-Rumsfeld-Cheney crowd in the White House.
The President-elect is certainly making all the right noises, most recently on ...
It’s time we stop vilifying our young people and start helping them
21 November 2008 at 13:12 by Brian Payne
In the week that readers of amnesty blogs were able to learn about how well informed and compassionate young people can be (care of the great selection of blogs from NI Youth), a number of publications have provided further evidence of a deficit between public perceptions of young people and reality.
On Monday, we heard that more than half of those ...
And Drumragh.....
19 November 2008 at 09:37 by NIYouth
My name is Shannon and I am from the Drumragh Intergraded College Amnesty International group. I have really enjoyed the experience of the weekend and I would love to do it again sometime. My favourite thing about the weekend was probably directing the shaping of the candle out of people holding candles. This was a really fun experience and I ...
From Shimna....
19 November 2008 at 09:35 by NIYouth
Rebecca and V'cenza – Amnesty International Weekend
We've really enjoyed our weekend on Saturday we took part in a drama workshop were we learnt about forum theatre, this helped us find new ways to come up with solutions to major problems. We learnt new ideas on how to campaign effectively, and get others involved. On Sunday we took ...
Another note from the weekend although not very chronological!
19 November 2008 at 09:33 by NIYouth
Hello my name is Sonia and I am on an amnesty Youth group weekend in Donegal, I am really enjoying my time I have spent here so far. We arrived here on Friday night at 8 o'clock and were very tired because of all the travelling we had done that day. Even though everyone was exhausted they were all still ...