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Feb 16 2015 1:17AM
Cupid gets away with wearing a blindfold… but justice needs perfect vision.

Cupid is especially busy on Valentine’s Day, but his methods leave much to chance. The mischievous love god blindfolds himself before firing his arrow through a new lover’s heart. An indiscriminate approach, but those arrows are pretty...

Feb 13 2015 5:34PM
'Awaiting my execution': Stop Saman's execution

Update, 10 March: After thousands of you around the world took action in February, it's now clear Saman's scheduled execution never took place on 19 February. For several days after Saman's scheduled execution date, no information came...

Feb 10 2015 7:05PM
25 Years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: What Next?

by Amber Grant, Amnesty Youth Activist. Last year was very much an Amnesty year for me, with my involvement within this incredible movement growing in so many ways. The pinnacle of that year came when I was invited to speak on the...

Feb 10 2015 12:15AM
EVENT: Convention on the Rights of the Child - 25 Years On...

On Wednesday 12 th November the Children’s Human Rights Network marked 25 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child with an evening of lively discussion. The event was a great success with unique insights offered from a range...

Feb 6 2015 3:05PM
A union of Pride in the face of oppression

For the UK’s LGBTI community, last year marked a monumental step forward in the fight for equality – the legalisation of same-sex marriage. David Cameron cited its introduction as one of his proudest achievements of 2014. For once, I’m...