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Apr 23 2019 2:48PM
Campaigning for children’s rights

Josh Kennedy is a Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament (the democratically elected body of Scotland’s young people, aged 12-25) for the Renfrewshire North and West area, and one of the trustees of the organisation. He has been...

Apr 17 2019 12:34PM
Our history

The Amnesty Scotland office was founded by Ruth Adler who was employed as the Scottish Development Officer in 1991. Befitting the new location, the Scotland Office launch in 1992 centred on a Burns Night Supper. A scholar and...

Apr 17 2019 12:30PM
The Power of Action

This blog was written by Gabriel Calvert, Amnesty Scotland volunteer and member of the Dundee Amnesty local group I recently had the great privilege of attending the 2019 Amnesty International UK Conference and AGM. It was my first...

Apr 11 2019 11:45AM
Guantanamo kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani

‘Let me find a place where to rest my head. / So tired. / It’s not easy. / Life after Guantanamo. / Chad, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria. / All this, it’s Americans who did this to me.’

Apr 8 2019 5:43PM
Thirty Years since Tiananmen Square Massacre: Struggle for Democracy in China

The conference "Thirty Years since Tiananmen Square Massacre: Struggle for Democracy in China" will be held on 18 April, which will mark the day when students gathered in Tiananmen Square and delivered their Seven Demands to the...