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May 22 2013 5:40 pm
Same-sex Marriage… I think the Ayes have it

Despite hysteria about the possibility of a lesbian Queen or marrying your own son, the Equal Marriage Act is about equality and hopefully an end to discrimination. Simple as that. 

  • Speaking truth to power
  • By Lucy Wake
  • 1 comments
May 21 2013 10:55 am
An Arms Trade Treaty at last: my reflections

Amanda Orre, President of the University of Portsmouth Amnesty group, went to the Foreign Office along with activists from around the UK, to push governments to ratify the world's first Arms Trade Treaty.

  • Student Action Network
  • By student bloggers
Apr 26 2013 2:20 pm
How to turn a mobile phone into an alert system for activists
A woman holds up a phone with details of her location on the screen

Technology is changing what activism looks like. We're developing tools for human rights defenders to let their networks know when they're illegally detained, without compromising their safety.

  • Into the ether
  • By GuestBloggers
Same-sex Marriage… I think the Ayes have it
An Arms Trade Treaty at last: my reflections
A woman holds up a phone with details of her location on the screen
How to turn a mobile phone into an alert system for activists

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