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24 The Founder | Wednesday 25 November 2009
Features
Holloway protects
the Human!
Tom Shore
Pictures Editor
For five consecutive days, between
the 19th & 23rd of October, RHUL’s
Amnesty International Society
mobilised themselves for events
around campus to raise awareness
for Human Rights. ‘Protect the
Human Week’ was part of a larger
campaign by Amnesty International
as a whole, but these images
reveal RHUL’s take on the matter.
Bookending the week’s events, the
volunteers rid students of their inhibitions
by giving out ‘hugs for human
rights’ on Monday and Friday
outside the Windsor Building.
They hosted a free screening of
last year’s poignant Oscar magnet
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ on Tuesday
in the Main Lecture Theatre. Amnesty
President Anna Misterska explained
the film choice, describing
it as ‘a great movie, which illustrates
the human rights abuses related to
poverty and gives you that extra bit
of motivation to take action.’ Here
they were also able to raise extra
awareness for ‘Demand Dignity’, a
wider campaign which aims to raise
awareness of human rights abuse
on the global scale.
Wednesday saw Crosslands play
host to a Human Rights Pub Quiz,
Amnesty competitions, a prizepacked
raffle (selling 300+ tickets)
and a party.
On Thursday, full-time Amnesty
Campaigner Paul Eagle made an
appearance to talk about Demand
Dignity. ‘His talk was fun and inspirational,’
says Misterska ‘because he
is one of the people who started the
whole campaign so he went to these
communities, spoke to the people
himself, and knows everything
about it.’
‘We’re particularly happy that we’ve
managed to prove human rights
activism doesn’t have to be boring,
difficult or dull,’ she says. ‘There
are plenty of options and a way for
everyone to get involved.’
Amnesty International at Royal
Holloway expects to have raised
over £250 from the week.
Photographs: Tom Shore &
Amnesty at RHUL