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I was listening to BBC World Service during the night when I could not sleep – one of headlines was about violent protest in Tibet with at least ten people killed. Ten was the number according to the Chinese government news agency but...
No, not that presidency! Congratulations to Ciarnán Helferty who has recently been elected new President of Queen's University Belfast Students Union . Ciarnán is currently the Welfare Officer at the students' union and also has...
Amnesty International has revealed that a Gulfstream V jet – nicknamed the 'torture taxi' – used in the 'rendition' of a Yemeni man, was refuelled at Shannon Airport the day before it was used to move him from Baghdad to Kabul. Khaled...
The Belfast AI office did some media work around the launch of Amnesty and Southall Black Sisters' new report, 'No Recourse' No Safety , this week. The report highlights the difficulties faced by women with insecure immigration status...
This week saw the launch of Amnesty’s “No Recourse No Safety” report highlighting how the UK Government uses the status of “No Recourse to Public Funds” to deny support and protection to 600 vulnerable women every year. We launched the...