Events reportEvents
This events section is for all Amnesty International UK events, big and small. So whether you are a planning a Protect The Human party for your friends or you are organising an Amnesty demo for hundreds of people, please submit you event below.
Unfortunately, we cannot currently advertise events that are not affiliated to Amnesty. However this is something we are keen to do in the future, so watch this space!
sh[OUT]
Venue: Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AH
From: Thu 09 Apr 2009
To: Sun 01 Nov 2009
Amnesty International is supporting the SH(OUT) exhibition , which will take place at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow from 9th April to 1st November. The exhibition celebrates and raises awareness of LGBT people, their rights and history.
We are all born free
Venue: Aberdeen Arts Centre , 33 King Street , Aberdeen AB24 5AA
From: Wed 10 Jun 2009
To: Sat 08 Aug 2009
With the exhibition 'We Are All Born Free' we take part in the Aberdeen Youth Festival. It features the personal interpretation of 30 Articles of the UDHR by acclaimed artists and illustrators making them easy to understand and accessible to young readers and their families.
Heroes and Heroines exhibition
Venue: Glasgow Women's Library, 81 Parnie Street (2nd Floor), Glasgow, G1 5RH
From: Wed 01 Jul 2009
To: Fri 31 Jul 2009
Eight women from around the world who dared to speak out against human rights abuses are profiled in Amnesty International's celebration of freedom of expression.
Plays: 'Collaboration' and 'Taking Sides'
Venue: Duchess Theatre, Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5LA
From: Thu 02 Jul 2009
To: Sat 29 Aug 2009
Oscar-winner Ronald Harwood's double bill has opened at the Duchess Theatre in London. This double bill of plays explore the fine line between collaboration and betrayal during the aftermath of the Second World War and beg the question 'What Would You Do?'
Coffee and Cake Morning
Venue: University of Nottingham, School of Sociology and Social Policy
Date:Tue 07 Jul 2009
Fundraising
Iranian film season: Offside
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre
Date:Wed 08 Jul 2009
Directed by Jafar Panahi, 85 mins
Women aren't allowed in Iranian football stadiums. Inspired by his daughter, Panahi's comedy follows a girl who dresses as a boy to watch the Iran-Bahrain World Cup qualifier.
Summer Tea Party
Venue: At The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Bucklesham, Ipswich
Date:Sat 11 Jul 2009
(change to previously advertised event)
Please join the Amnesty Ipswich Group for a Garden Tea Party with Games. All proceeds will go to support the work of Amnesty International.
Still Human Still Here – A Waltham Forest Amnesty International Film Night with guest speaker
Venue: Upstairs at Heathcote Arms, 344 Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, E11 4EA
Date:Wed 15 Jul 2009
As part of the Leytonstone Festival 2009 Waltham Forest Amnesty International has joined forces with the Leytonstone Film Club for a remarkable double-bill film screening of Michael Winterbottom’s award-winning In This World, as well as powerful short Birthday Boy. Also featuring special guest speakers.
The Times of Harvey Milk
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre
Date:Tue 21 Jul 2009
Award winning documentary following the election of Harvey Milk as California's first openly gay council member and his subsequent assassination by fellow councillor Dan White.
Iranian film season: The Day I Became a Woman (cert PG)
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre
Date:Wed 22 Jul 2009
Directed by Marziyeh Meshkini, 74 mins
Women at threee stages of thei lives in Iran - a girl on her 9th birthday no longer plays with the boy who had been her friend; a young woman who enters a bicycle race against the wishes of her husband; an old woman who comes into money.
Seven Jewish Children
Venue: Derry Playhouse/ An Grianan Theatre, L'Derry/Letterkenny
From: Thu 23 Jul 2009
To: Fri 24 Jul 2009
Carol Churchill's agitprop response to the Gaza incursion.
Numb Comedy Presents Stand Up for Amnesty International
Venue: The Cluny, 36 Lime Street Ouseburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ
Date:Fri 24 Jul 2009
Numb Comedy Presents Stand Up for Amnesty International
The Cluny
Friday 24th July 9.00pm
Numb Comedy for Amnesty
Venue: The Cluny, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Date:Fri 24 Jul 2009
More live stand-up in aid of AIUK!
Laugh, drink, and enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRrvQf_asFk
Numb Comedy
Venue: The Cluny, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Date:Fri 24 Jul 2009
Another line-up of great live comedy in aid of Amnesty!
Hunger (cert 15)
Venue: Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17 - 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Date:Thu 30 Jul 2009
Directed by Steve McQueen. Running time 90 mins
Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen directs an account of the IRA hunger strike and its leader Bobby Sands.
Stand Up For Freedom 2009
Venue: Assembly Hall, Mound Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2LU
Date: Wed 12 Aug 2009, Wed 19 Aug 2009
The legendary Amnesty benefit is back at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, and bigger than ever!
Iranian film season: Persepolis (cert 12A)
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre
Date:Wed 12 Aug 2009
Directed by M Satrapi & V Paronnaud, 96 mins
Satrapi bases her powerful autobiographical animation on her own graphic novel. From coming of age in the turmoil of the Iranian Revolution to an expatriate future aged 21, Persepolis counts the cost of home and family against the pain of exile.
Kings of the Sky
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre
Date:Tue 18 Aug 2009
Documentary giving a rare glimpse into the lives of a Turkistani Uyghur tightrope walker and his troupe as they tour the desert regions of Central Asia.
Iranian film season: The Circle (cert PG)
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre
Date:Wed 26 Aug 2009
Directed by Jafar Panahi, 91 mins
The Circle begins with a black screen and the cries of a woman giving birth in a maternity ward. The newborn child is a baby girl, the grandmother moans 'the in-laws will be furious. They'll insist on divorce'.
An Evening of World Music
Venue: The Swan Hotel, Harleston, Norfolk
Date:Thu 27 Aug 2009
A variety of performers playing music from around the world.
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