Mid-Devon

Journeymen Theatre are returning to Spicelands Quaker Meeting House, EX15 3AZ, this Friday 19 October, 7.30pm - And The Beat Goes On, 300 years of direct nonviolent action. Donations on the night.

Our famous annual concert is coming once more to Willand Church Hall on Friday 9 November, 7.30pm, tickets £10. See poster for details.

To mark Refugee Week, Amnesty Mid Devon Group has organised an exhibition of extremely powerful Magnum photographs of refugees and refugee camps through the decades. The exhibition is in St Mary's Church Uffculme - the 11am morning...

Amnesty International Mid Devon Group members met up with Ziya Kocabiyik in Tiverton, on beautiful sunny Saturday. Ziya is cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats raising awareness of the human rights clampdown in Turkey, and raising...

We gathered in Cullompton Library on Wednesday for the official launch of the Freedom to Express Yourself exhibition (see earlier post), on display in Cullompton until 8 May, then in Tiverton Library till 21 May. The illustrations are...

The next Uffculme Farmers Market (well worth attending - lots of local food and produce, plus excellent bacon rolls) is coming up shortly, this Saturday 28 April, 10am to 12 noon in the Village Hall. Amnesty Mid Devon will be there as...

Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats, via Tiverton, Ziya Kocabiyik is highlighting human rights violations in Turkey, raising money for Amnesty International's work in that country. He will be in Tiverton on Saturday 5 May, outside...

The Human Rights Crisis in Egypt: what can we do? Hugh Sandeman, Amnesty International UK's Egypt liaison person, will be speaking on this topic on Thursday 3 May at 7.30pm at Halberton Methodist Church, at a meeting organised by...

Freedom to Express Yourself illustrations will be exhibited at Cullompton Library from 24 April, with an official launch at 11am on Wednesday 25 April - all welcome. The illustrations are from a notebook put together by Amnesty...

The Spiceland Quaker Meeting House was full on the evening of Friday 16 March for a harrowing performance of Feeding the Darkness, brilliantly performed by Dave and Lynn Morris of Journeymen Theatre. This series of 'sketches' vividly...