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Panel Discussion: Are the Beijing Olympics helping or harming human rights in China?
Venue: Satinwood Suite, City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow
Date:Fri 25 Jul 2008
We are sorry to announce that this event has been cancelled. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Amnesty International Huddersfield - public meeting
Venue: The Ukrainian Club, Edgerton Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5RA
Date:Sat 26 Jul 2008
A public meeting by the Amnesty Huddersfield Group on the Human Rights for China campaign.
Peter Tatchell: Amnesty International pride lecture
Venue: Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast
Date:Mon 28 Jul 2008
Join in events to mark Belfast Pride 2008 with this Amnesty International lecture by gay rights and human rights activist, Peter Tatchell, well known for his campaigns for gay equality and his attempts to perform a citizen's arrest on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
Panel discussion: Pushed to the margins
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre,17-25 New Inn Yard,London EC2A 3EA
Date:Tue 29 Jul 2008
This discussion, on the social exclusion of minority groups is the first in a series of joint events with Anti Slavery International on the theme of discrimination.
Human rights violations in Chechnya: Challenging impunity and achieving redress
Venue: The Reading Room, Law Society of England and Wales, 113
Chancery Lane London WC2A 1PL
Date:Wed 30 Jul 2008
Seminar on challenging impunity and achieving redress in Chechnya.
The Big Chill Festival 2008
Venue: Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
From: Fri 01 Aug 2008
To: Sun 03 Aug 2008
The Big Chill is a multimedia festival, dedicated to transforming the spirit of our times with music, performance, art, comedy, dance and films.
'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.
Join us at Belfast Pride
Venue: Custom House Square, Belfast
Date:Sat 02 Aug 2008
A celebration of sexuality and a campaigning opportunity to shine a spotlight on the repression of pride celebrations in Eastern Europe.
Gay Pride 2008
Venue: Brighton and Hove
Date:Sat 02 Aug 2008
A Festive Occasion! Inspired by the LGBT Community of Brighton and Hove
CHINA - The Amnesty China Exhibition
Venue: The Library, Campus West, Welwyn Garden City
Date: Sat 02 Aug 2008, Mon 04 Aug 2008, Tue 05 Aug 2008, Wed 06 Aug 2008, Thu 07 Aug 2008, Fri 08 Aug 2008, Sat 09 Aug 2008
Amnesty International's China Exhibition is displayed for the week in which the Beijing Olympic Games opens.
Goldney Garden Party 2008
Venue: Goldney Hall, Bristol
Date:Sun 03 Aug 2008
Join members of the Bristol Group of Amnesty for their annual Garden Party - now a well established 'must do' in the Bristol family calendar...
The Burma play: A Comedy of Terror
Venue: St John's Church, Princes St, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ
From: Mon 04 Aug 2008
To: Sun 10 Aug 2008
The Burma Play is brought to the Edinburgh Festival by Northern International Theatre
Stand Up For Freedom
Venue: Assembly @ Assembly Hall, Mound Place
Date: Wed 06 Aug 2008, Wed 13 Aug 2008
Amnesty’s legendary comedy benefit Stand Up For Freedom is back with two nights of the best comedy in Edinburgh. Truly a must-see event.
Stand up for Burma- Campaign action
Venue: City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ
Date:Fri 08 Aug 2008
8 August 2008 is the 20th anniversary of the crushing of the Burma pro-democracy demonstrations. We will mark this occasion with an extra performance of the Burma Play followed by a campaign action.
Amnesty International's Imprisoned Writers series
Venue: Edinburgh International Book Festival
From: Sat 09 Aug 2008
To: Wed 24 Sep 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.
Amnesty International lecture
Venue: Edinburgh International Book Festival
Date:Sat 09 Aug 2008
This year the Amnesty International Lecture at the Edinburgh International Book Festival will be delivered by American author and journalist Philip Gourevitch.
The Tank Man (no cert)
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A
Date:Tue 12 Aug 2008
In the aftermath of the brutal Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, international newspapers and TV programmes displayed the image of this lone figure in a white shirt, carrying nothing more dangerous than his shopping bags, holding up a column of Chinese tanks.
We Are All Born Free – Panel Discussion
Venue: Edinburgh International Book Festival
Date:Sun 17 Aug 2008
60 years ago this year the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed by hopeful nations, emerging from the ravages of war and eager to avoid the mistakes of the past. Amnesty International is marking the anniversary with a series of events and projects.
How universal are human rights?
Venue: St John's Church, Princes St, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ
Date:Tue 19 Aug 2008
A lecture that interrogates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in its 60th year. What impact has this hopeful vision achieved? And what challenges stand in the way of fully achieving this goal?
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