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  • May 13 2013
  • 1:44pm
Counting down the years: a film of Hakamada Iwao's 45 years on death row
When I was at school, back in the seventies (gulp), the most unusual after-school thing I ever did was to take part in a geography exercise to “map” the shopping precin...
  • May 18 2013
  • 12:31pm
The power of our choices – Human rights take centre stage for protest song winner
Last month, Edinburgh School of Music student Isla Ratcliff scored the top prize for Lyrics in Amnesty International UK’s Power of Our Voices protest song competition.
  • May 16 2013
  • 6:13pm
Sit or stand against imminent execution in Indonesia: Act now!
Update, 17 May: We've heard that we were unsuccessful in persauding the Indonesian government, and the 3 men were exeucted late yesterday. 
  • May 16 2013
  • 2:32pm
Human Rights – A weapon of mass instruction?
Guest post by Pauline Kelly, Media and Campaigns Officer at Amnesty International Scotland.