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Ten good reasons why not to extend pre-charge detention…

Amnesty International UK today released ‘Ten good reasons why extending pre-charge detention is a bad idea’, outlining the strong case against government proposals to extend the time for which police can hold terrorism suspects without charge.

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said:

‘While the case for extending pre-charge detention is full of holes and losing support week on week, the case against – both in principle and in practice – is very strong.

‘Locking people up for two months without charge is no way for a liberal democracy to act. Extremists want to undermine our liberties and terrorism shows no respect for human rights. The government needs to step up and show a principled opposition to terrorism, not take away people’s rights.’

The BBC commented on the report along with one by Justice. 

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Guantanamo’s sixth anniversary

On the 11th of January 2008, Guantánamo Bay will have been running for six years.

Amnesty International is therefore stepping up its campaign for the closure of the base and the fair and safe transfer of all prisoners.

There are three things that they ask us to do:

Write to your MP or MSP

Check www.unsubscribe-me.org for actions and demonstrations.

Raise awareness by organising an event. We are running our Unsubscribe stall on the 5th of December, so if anyone is free to help out please let us know and if anyone has more ideas on spreading awareness, don’t be afraid to share.

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GU Amnesty Committee Meeting 21/11/07 – Minutes

Unsubscribe

– stall on Wednesday 5th.
– setup – Helen H, Dawn, Sinead
– Sandwich boards for photos
– Dawn to find out what we do with the photos afterwards
– sweets/food?
– Unsubscribe workshop for next week’s meeting.

Ceilidh

– Helen H to contact Star
– Venue – union? bar money? talk to QMU.
– Band – Dawn to email Andrew. Everyone to ask around.

Speakers

– Emma to contact Falun Gong lady – get details from Helen S
– China exhibition, irrepressible.

Publicity

– “breaking news” on gla.ac.uk
– Subcity radio – Dawn to find out.

Other

– discussion about responsible campaigning next week or week after.

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Welcome

Welcome to the GU Amnesty blog.

We are the Glasgow University Amnesty International student group. We are part of Amnesty International UK, a global human rights group, and our aim is to raise awareness of human rights issues amongst students.

This blog is mostly going to be a committee blog, with committee meeting minutes and any useful websites or upcoming events. If you want anything posted, feel free to email one of us. Our email addresses are all on the contacts page.

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