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Mar 21 2017 10:54AM
Special Resolution C2(S) - To amend the Articles of Association - Cessation of Membership on Bankrupcy

This blog is by Stuart Hathaway, individual member of Amnesty UK This special resolution asks members to agree to amending the current Articles of Association (the company’s governing document) by deleting article 14.2 which states...

Mar 21 2017 10:48AM
Special Resolution C1(S) – Nominations for Elections at the Annual General Meeting

This blog is from Ruth Breddal Chair, Amnesty International UK Section Like many Special Resolutions, the text of C1(S) needs some explanation. The background note in the AGM papers provides extra information but if you are still not...

Mar 17 2017 6:56PM
It's a human right to agitate the 'injustice' system

By Albert Woodfox. Listen to Albert's story in full on our new podcast . A year ago on 19 February 2016 I walked out of a Louisiana prison a free man after serving 44 years in solitary confinement. At that moment I became 'famous' as...

Mar 16 2017 4:34PM
Last night we won against the Muslim ban  - here’s why we have to keep fighting

Written by Naureen Shah, Amnesty International USA’s Director of National Security and Human Rights Overnight, two courts intervened to temporarily block Trump’s new Muslim ban, which was set to go into effect at midnight. This is a...

Mar 15 2017 10:17AM
Syria: Miraculous journeys, stranded hopes

Written by Monica Costa Riba, Regional Campaigner at Amnesty International. First published on CNN. Strapped onto either side of a horse, 30-year-old Alan Mohammad and his 28-year-old sister Gyan crossed craggy mountains from Iraq and...