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Apr 5 2009 1:59PM
AGM '09: twenty things wot we have learned (#12)

1. Student accommodation has not improved one iota since I were a lad. 2. AIUK Chairperson Tom Hedley's official Amnesty age is twenty-nine-and-a-half. He must have started young. 3. I too am getting older. Last night, as I was bed...

Apr 5 2009 1:38PM
AGM '09: David Petrasek - poverty & human rights (#11)

David Petrasek is the special advisor to AI Secretary General Irene Khan and co-author, with Irene, of the book Unheard Truths – human rights and poverty (to be published later in 2009). 11:35am Petrasek delivers a thoughtful speech...

Apr 5 2009 12:02PM
AGM '09: Sunday morning voting (#10)

8:46am It may be Sunday morning after the Saturday night before, but there's a big crowd in the auditorium for the continuation of the great democratic process. AIUK's national conference isn't like a party political affair when the...

Apr 4 2009 10:13PM
AGM '09: Voices from the frontline (#9)

This session is chaired by James Savage, manager of AIUK's programme for individuals at risk , and presents an opportunity to hear directly from and to speak to some of those overseas human rights defenders on whose behalf and with...

Apr 4 2009 7:36PM
AGM '09: voting on journalists, Israel and boycotts (#8)

5:30pm We are about to get serious – serious topics, serious votes. I'm already feeling seriously grumpy. I picked a 200/1 outsider for the Grand National in the Amnesty sweepstake. Then I missed the race (too busy protesting against...