Hello everyone and happy New Year!<\/p>\n
I hope you all had a lovely break and if you are feeling a bit rubbish about being back at uni then I hope this gives you a few things to look forward to at least. If you didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make any of our meetings last year but are still interested in what we do, then we would love to see you. As always though, you can join us at any time and there are no membership fees \u00e2\u20ac\u201c just come along when you can! This weekly newsletter will detail all of our upcoming events so even if you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make the meetings, there are plenty of other occasions to join us. If you have any questions about anything, just drop us an email: mail@guamnesty or you can get in touch with the relevant committee member who are listed on our Facebook page<\/a> and website<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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**Please note the change of venue for this meeting!**<\/b><\/p>\n
Event page:<\/b> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/245702882272000\/<\/a><\/p>\n
Our chosen campaign for this month is Guantanamo Bay. Despite Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s promise to have it closed, Saturday 11th<\/sup> marked the 12th<\/sup> anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay and for a number of inmates, including British resident Shaker Aamer, this will also be their 12th<\/sup> year as prisoners. Many of these individuals have in fact been cleared for release but remain detained at the facility despite international pressure to have them released. Find out more on the AIUK website<\/a>.<\/p>\n
GU Amnesty are a member of the GU Coalition for Syrian Refugees, a group formed last year to hold events to raise money for charities who are providing aid to those affected by the conflict in Syria. One of these events is a panel discussion which we have co-organised and will welcome guest speaker Assaad Al Achi from the Syrian Non-Violence Movement, a group that AIUK is working with and supporting.<\/p>\n
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A message from Students for\u00c2\u00a0 Co-operation:<\/p>\n
Hi, we’d appreciate it if you could see if any of your members are interested in or are in student cooperatives as we are having our founding conference of Students for Cooperation in Birmingham in February! We have some funding too to get students down from Scotland. It is a new national organisation (and cooperative!) for student cooperatives to get together and to help new cooperatives form, thanks!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here is the event page:
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22nd<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 23rd<\/sup> March: Newcastle University hosts the NE Regional Student Conference<\/h3>\n
We are invited to the North-East regional conference organised by students at Newcastle University. The agenda will be emailed to us at the end of the month but they have requested that we let them know if any of us are interested in attending. Arrangements for food and accommodation will also be detailed later on.<\/p>\n
If you are interested then let me know \u00e2\u20ac\u201c president@guamnesty.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n
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