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'We Are All Born Free'- exhibition
Venue: St. John's Church, Princes St, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ
From: Fri 01 Aug 2008
To: Mon 25 Aug 2008
In 'We Are All Born Free' some of the world’s foremost children's illustrators convey the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration in a beautiful expression of peace, justice and freedom.
'Heroes and Heroines'- exhibition
Venue: St. Giles' Cathedral, High St, Edinburgh, EH1 1RE
From: Fri 01 Aug 2008
To: Wed 27 Aug 2008
Twelve remarkable individuals from around the world are profiled in Amnesty International's new celebration of freedom of expression and the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
Amnesty International's Imprisoned Writers series
Venue: Edinburgh International Book Festival
From: Sat 09 Aug 2008
To: Sun 24 Aug 2008
Each day at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, a different author reads the work of a persecuted writer, as part of the Amnesty Imprisoned Writers series.
Standard Operating Proceedure
Venue: Queens Film theatre, Belfast
From: Fri 15 Aug 2008
To: Thu 21 Aug 2008
Influential documentarian Errol Morris turns his attention to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison scandal, which came to light through a series of photographs showing Iraqi detainees being physically abused.
Amnesty youth group
Venue: Public Acheivement, 7 Donegall St Mews, Belfast
From: Sat 16 Aug 2008
To: Sat 13 Sep 2008
A meeting of the Amnesty youth group to decide on their campaigning priorities
New report launch and conversation on human trafficking- Scotland's 21st century slaves
Venue: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Date:Wed 20 Aug 2008
More than 200 years after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, the modern day slave trade is thriving. Some 600,000 people are illegally trafficked into the European Union each year.
Greenbelt Christian Arts Festival
Venue: Cheltenham Racecourse, Evesham Rd, GL50 4SH
From: Fri 22 Aug 2008
To: Mon 25 Aug 2008
The 2008 Greenbelt fesitval has been announced and Amnesty's Gloucester and Cheltenham group will be there hosting a stall. Can you help on the day?
Cross Bay Walk - Morecambe Bay
Venue: The Sands of Morecambe Bay
Date:Mon 25 Aug 2008
Join Amnesty's Cartmel and Grange Group for this mass fundraising walk across Morecambe Bay led by the Queen's Guide to the Sands. Open to all.
Elite Squad
Venue: Queens Film Theatre, Belfast
From: Fri 29 Aug 2008
To: Sun 31 Aug 2008
The winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, this is a no-holds-barred exposé of the brutality and corruption of the Brazilian police that is not for the faint hearted. Loosely based on interviews with real-life police officers, Elite Squad takes a harsh, unrelenting look at the iniquities of Brazilian law and order.
Protest Against Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan
Venue: Pakistan High Commission, 34 -36 Lowndes Square, London SW1X
Date:Sat 30 Aug 2008
Since late 2001 thousands of people in Pakistan have been arbitrarily detained and denied access to thier families, Lawyers and courts, and held in secret places of detention.
Human Rights in Zimbabwe
Venue: The Music Room, Trinity Church Hall, Brewery Road, Woking
Date:Mon 01 Sep 2008
A talk on the situation in Zimbabwe by Amnesty's country coordinator for Zimbabwe, Franco Henwood.
Veronica Guerin (cert 18)
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A
Date:Tue 02 Sep 2008
Cate Blanchett stars in this film about the assassination in 1996 of Irish journalist Veronica Guerin.
Play reading and discussion – ‘Life on the Borderline’ by Hoshiar
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre, London, EC2A 3EA
Date:Tue 09 Sep 2008
Writer Hoshiar has spent 8 years as an asylum seeker. Set at an un named border crossing, this play incorporates both his own experiences, and some of the many stories told to him by other asylum seekers.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Venue: Queens Film Theatre, Belfast
From: Fri 12 Sep 2008
To: Thu 25 Sep 2008
Adapted from Dublin born writer John Boyne’s best-selling novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is set during WWII, and tells the story of Bruno, a nine-year-old boy from a prominent family whose father is a Commandant in the Kraków concentration camp. There he meets Shmuel, a boy with whom he shares the same birthday and who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the camp fence. Bruno’s forbidden friendship with Shmuel will have startling and devastating consequences in this story of innocence in the midst of the most terrible evil.
Are we giving migrant workers a fair deal?
Venue: Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17 – 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Date:Tue 16 Sep 2008
Immigration is a political ‘hot potato’ in the UK with migrant workers often finding themselves the targets of resentment and hostility from the press and the public.
Photography exhibition ‘Vertical Border’ by Felipe Jacome
Venue: Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17 – 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
From: Tue 16 Sep 2008
To: Mon 29 Sep 2008
“Vertical Border” explores the deadly trajectory taken by hundreds of thousands of Central and South American migrants through Mexican territory every year.
Amnesty UK Conference: North East England
Venue: Friends Meeting House, York
Date:Sat 04 Oct 2008
Amnesty conference where you can meet other active supporters, share your interests and passion for human rights, and to learn more about Amnesty’s campaigning work.
The Wall
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A
Date:Tue 07 Oct 2008
Filmmaker Simone Bitton documents the construction of the massive separation barrier that is destroying one of the most historically significant landscapes in the
world.
Cracker of a Quiz Night
Venue: Civic Centre, Welwyn Village, Hertfordshire
Date:Sat 25 Oct 2008
Fundraing for human rights quiz night.
Chamber concert for Amnesty: Aris Wind Quintet
Venue: Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford
Date:Sat 25 Oct 2008
Chamber concert for Amnesty performed by an accomplished post-graduate ensemble from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
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