Protect The Human success re ‘No’ to 42 days
Great news for civil liberties in our green and pleasant land: MPs have dropped their plans to extend detention without trial to 42 days.
This is in no small part due to the relentless efforts of Amnesty International UK and its supporters to highlight the issue with a national petition, and to encourage voters in 20 constituencies whose MPs were undecided on the issue that this is not something the British people want.
Protect The Human garnered a staggering 9,503 signatures for the “Say ‘No’ to 42 days!” petition. Online campaigning in action. If you haven’t seen the video produced by Dark Fibre with music from the Orb and voiceover by Christopher Eccleston (erstwhile Dr Who), go and take a look.
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Case study: Amnesty UK ‘Campaigning with Social Media’ « Made by Many
[...] post when the site launched. And you can also read about how Amnesty have used Protect The Human to campaign against the proposed extension of detention without trial to 42 days, and in support of US death row prisoner Troy [...]
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Yes, but the trouble is…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/19/terrorism-civil-liberties-42-days
william
October 21, 2008
at 1:44 pm