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Human Rights in Scotland
http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/scotland
Read about the Scottish angle on human rights, and the human rights angle on Scotland at our Scottish human rights blog
- Added on: Apr 3rd, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Amnesty International Scotland
- Listed in: Activism
- Tags: human rights scotland edinburgh amnesty international
Recent Posts
Scottish Gypsy Travellers
Contacted the Scottish Human Rights Commission today to see if the results of its consultation on its Strategic Plan, which closed in March, had been published. It has a temporary website and for months now it has been stating that "Full details of t...
Aw human sowels is born free and equal in dignity and richts
Anniversaries. You know for ages that they're coming up and then suddenly you're dashing around at the last minute looking for a suitable demonstration of your affections. Apparently the 60th anniversary is the diamond one but while our efforts to...
Another brick in the wall
In last week's blog I told how myself and Bernard O'Hear (Amnesty's Country Co-ordinator for China) weren't allowed to present the Chinese Consulate with 2,500 campaign postcards collected in support of Hu Jia during the Edinburgh Festival. Hu Jia...
Banging my head against the brick wall of China
We've been waiting for ages for the Chinese Consulate to respond to our invitation to discuss our Edinburgh Festival campaign for imprisoned human rights campaign Hu Jia. During this year's Festival 2,500 people filled in action cards expressing co...
Hate and Pride
My in-laws are Polish. They live, perhaps not surprisingly, in Poland. I remember visiting a couple of years back and being in the company of some friends/acquaintances (can't quite remember) who had a small child. My own little girl had brought a...
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Latin. I could never be doing with it. Granted it was never seen as a core subject at my comprehensive school in Glasgow and somehow I managed to miss a lot of the token Tuesday afternoon classes – for which you would probably get an ASBO these...
