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Apr 6 2008 11:10AM
Sending a message to China from Nottingham

I'm in Nottingham at the Amnesty AGM – yesterday 300 of us laid red roses to spell 'Human Rights for China' in solidarity with the Tiananmen Mothers, who each year are prevented from doing likewise to commemorate the killing of their...

Apr 5 2008 11:00PM
London Protest

We demand: ‧ Release Hu Jia and all other prisoners of conscience! ‧ Stop the suppression of Tibetans and Chinese! ‧ Independent media reports! ‧ Exiles want to return home!

Apr 5 2008 10:04PM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #11 (The changing face of activism)

7:45pm The changing face of activism: Vuyiseka Dubula ( Treatment Action Campaign ) and Ben Brandzel ( MoveOn.org / Avaaz.org ). Chaired by Bruce Wylie (AIUK Head of Activism) Two very different perspectives on activism today, one from...

Apr 5 2008 8:43PM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #10 (Restaurant review)

China, Papua, Burma, Russia. Never mind all that for a moment. Discussing food quality could possibly be the most dangerous thing I do this weekend, if happenings in the Northern Ireland courts are anything to go by. But, in the spirit...

Apr 5 2008 6:48PM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #9 (Tiananmen campaign action)

This afternoon we campaigned for justice for the 'Tiananmen Mothers' , who lost their sons and daughters to the guns and tanks of the Chinese security forces on June 4 1989 and the days that followed. After the massacre, the mothers...