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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
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.
Persepolis screening with Q & A
Venue: Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High Street, Dalston, London
Date:Sat 13 Sep 2008
Screening of award-winning animated film Persepolis followed by a Q&A discussing the issues raised in the film with information about Amnesty's work in Iran.
City and Tower Hamlets - End of Summer Festival
Venue: Christchurch gardens, Spitalfields E1
Date:Sun 14 Sep 2008
Annual end of summer festival - Sunday 14th September with fantastic international music, delicious food and masses of books and plants for sale
Are we giving migrant workers a fair deal?
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17–25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A
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.
Sevenoaks annual fundraising walk
Venue: Starting at Buckhurst car park in Sevenoaks
Date:Sun 21 Sep 2008
Annual sponsored walk - all welcome
Afghanistan Women's Rights talk
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre, London EC2A 3EA
Date:Wed 01 Oct 2008
AIUK's Stop Violence Against Women campaign is hosting an event at the Human Rights Action Centre on 1 October featuring a women's rights activist visiting from Afghanistan.
Secret Policeman's Ball in Belfast
Venue: Errigal Inn, Ormeau Rd, Belfast
Date:Sat 04 Oct 2008
Amnesty’s Secret policeman’s Ball is to be screened in Belfast,
live by satellite from London’s Royal Albert Hall.
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.
Further than tomorrow: An evening celebrating the life of Matthew Jay
Venue: Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherds Bush Green, W12
Date:Fri 10 Oct 2008
An evening of music celebrating the life and work of Matthew Jay, with 9 amazing artists. Profits going to Amnesty International and Unicef.
Mary Robisnon: How Universal are Human Rights?
Venue: Elmwood hall, Belfast
Date:Fri 17 Oct 2008
Mary Robinson gives the Amnesty International Annual
Lecture.
We are All Born Free
Venue: Waterfront Hall, Belfast
From: Fri 17 Oct 2008
To: Sun 02 Nov 2008
Amnesty International has
brought together some of the
world’s foremost children’s
illustrators to interpret the 30
articles of the UDHR.
Human Rights: Poetic Redress
Venue: The Baby Grand, Belfast
Date:Thu 23 Oct 2008
Readings and debate on the role of the writer in explaining, examining and ultimately protecting human rights, with mwriters including Carlo Gébler, Glenn Patterson and Kevin Barry –
Stand Up for Justice
Venue: Whitla Hall, Belfast
Date:Sat 25 Oct 2008
The famous Amnesty benefit is back with some of the best
comedy of the Festival! Stand Up For Justice, now in its sixth
year, will once again offer the cream of comedy talent. Laughs
galore and the chance to support Amnesty’s campaigns for human
rights worldwide.
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.
Cracker of a Quiz Night
Venue: Civic Centre, Welwyn Village, Hertfordshire
Date:Sat 25 Oct 2008
Fundraing for human rights quiz night.
Amnesty UK Conference: South West England
Venue: University of Exeter
Date:Sat 01 Nov 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.
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