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A review of this year's Action For Change event — a day of skill sharing and training for student activsts at AIUK HQ.

I’m sitting here in a haze. Yesterday I attended a historic milestone. A celebration that meant that over 20 years of campaigning had taken effect. On 3 June an Arms Trade Treaty will be open for signatures. We will no longer live in a...

Stay on top of all the action here, by following our storify of the weekend. [ View the story "Action For Change 2013" on Storify ] Action For Change 2013 Storified by Amnesty UK · Fri, Mar 01 2013 07:01:23 Amnesty students from across...

By Martin, Glasgow University Amnesty Student Group There are days when being a passionate human rights advocate can seem like a solitary vocation, but 9 February was not one of them. It was the day Glasgow University Amnesty Student...

"Spend some time every day defending your human rights while you have them. Enjoy them to the full. Don't wait until your rights are taken away to start standing up for them!" That was Jenni Williams of Women Of Zimbabwe Arise's...

The final preparations are taking place and we're buzzing with excitement as 250 students head straight towards us from Aberdeen, Exeter and Dublin and many universities in between. These two figures by street artist Stik have arrived...

By Hannah Russell, 2nd year Ancient History Student at Royal Holloway As anyone who is involved in Amnesty will know, the Arms Trade Treaty talks will be taking place in July, an event that could be remembered as one of the greatest...

Today's blog is written by Amy Mackinnon, who was awarded Student Human Rights Reporter 2012 at the Amnesty Media Awards on Tuesday 29 May for her article The Curious Case of John Oguchuckwu, The Glasgow Guardian I once read somewhere...

By Caitlin Green, Student Action Network Committee (STAN) + York University Amnesty Student Group Co-Chair The Amnesty International UK Annual General Meeting (AGM) has just been wrapped up splendidly, with a real sense of community...

When we started talking about the sleepout action last month, I was honestly not quite sure what to expect. Were students going to brave the cold to sleep out in the streets? Would they manage to raise awareness about the right to work...

Towards the end of February, between the 21st and 27th, around 1000 Amnesty and STAR activists will be taking to the streets with their sleeping bags and spending an uncomfortable night on the pavement. We’re doing this to highlight...

At last month’s Media Awards we asked a few student journalists along to get their take on it. Here are the thoughts of Kat Lay, Editor of London Student “ The mood in Western journalism, in blogs, books and even chats over cups of tea...