Young Human Rights Reporter Competition

30 APRIL: YOUNG HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTER WINNERS REVEALED
Congratulations to the talented young journalists and photographers who beat off stiff competition from over 2,500 entrants from nearly 200 schools across the UK to be named the Young Human Rights Reporters and Photojournalists Of The Year.

Read all about it! Amnesty blog | Guardian blog | Winner Holly's Huffington Post blog 

Reporters Of The year

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.

Photographers of the year

Upper Primary and Lower Secondary: Eve Wilson, 10, Laugharne School, Laugharne, Wales | Photo (jpeg)
Runners up:
Ayrton Cable, 10, Hampton Court House School, Surrey | Photo (jpeg)
Sharanya Roy, 9, Knaphill Junior School, Woking, Surrey | Photo (jpeg)

Upper Secondary and Sixth Form: Nancy Cofie, 16, The Charter School, Dulwich, London | Photo (jpeg)
Runners up:
Isabel Watkins, 15, The Royal School, Haslemere, Surrey | Photo (jpeg)
Stephanie Piedra, 17, The Charter School, Dulwich, London | Photo (jpeg)

Top ten Journalism finalists |  Top ten Photojournalism finalists

Lesson plan (pdf)

Newspaper article:
Upper Primary/Lower Secondary (pdf)

Newspaper article:
Upper Secondary/Sixth Form (pdf)

UDHR summary version (pdf)

UDHR Summary version (pdf) 

Lesson plan (pdf) 

Powerpoint presentation(pdf)

Competition guidelines (pdf) 

Human Rights in the UK (pdf) 

Planning Sheet (pdf) 

Consent Form (pdf)  

Teacher Notes (pdf)