Events: June 2013
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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!
Human rights film season
Venue: Matthews Yard (Off Surrey Street) Croydon, CR0 1FF
From: Sun 02 Jun 2013
To: Sun 30 Jun 2013
A season of free screenings of human rights themed films, organised by Amnesty's Croydon Group.
Human Rights Film Night - South London
Venue: The Exhibit,12 Balham Station Road, Balham, London SW12 9SG
Date:Mon 03 Jun 2013
All are welcome to a screening of 'I Am Slave', brou
Save justice, stop cuts to legal aid - London demonstration
Venue: Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ
Date:Tue 04 Jun 2013
Join our coalition protest against plans to cut back on legal aid across the UK, denying justice to many.
Has non-violence failed in the Syrian revolution?
Venue: St John's Church, Threshold Centre, Princes Street, Perth PH2 8LJ
Date:Thu 06 Jun 2013
All are welcome to a discussion on non-violence in the Syrian crisis by Syrian civil rights activist and Syrian National Council member, Dr Mounir Atassi.
Summer Jazz for Amnesty
Venue: The Old Fire Engine House, 25 St. Mary's Street, Ely, CB7 4ER
Date:Sun 09 Jun 2013
Amnesty's Ely City Group is bringing members of Ronnie Scotts All Stars to Ely. Heading the line up will be James Pearson, resident pianist and Artistic Director at Ronnie Scotts famous Soho Jazz Club.
Fear rules: Life Imprisonment for Wearing a T-shirt
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2A 3EA
Date:Wed 12 Jun 2013
Amnesty International and the Bar Human Rights Committee host this event looking at the deteriorating human rights situation in Gambia.
Roma and other travellers
Venue: Star Anise Caf, Gloucester Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5
Date:Wed 12 Jun 2013
Roma and other travellers, speaker Fred Chance (telling stories and showing photographs).
Refreshments available. All welcome!
Antrim Group launch - public meeting
Venue: Antrim Civic Centre (Whinstone Suite), 50 Stiles Way, Antrim BT41 2UB
Date:Thu 13 Jun 2013
A public meeting to launch a new Local Group of Amnesty International in Antrim.
Amnesty at Rodborough Fete
Venue: Rodborough Fete, at the Community Hall (and field)
Date:Sat 15 Jun 2013
Amnesty Mid-Gloucester Group will be having a stall at which we will raise awareness of the election in Zimbabwe.
March for a Fairer World
Venue: Assemble Custom House Square, Belfast marching to Belfast City Hall
Date:Sat 15 Jun 2013
Amnesty International has teamed up with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and other civil society groups to demonstrate our demand to see justice at the heart of the policies and priorities of the G8 leaders who meet in Northern Ireland in June 2013.
Big booksale
Venue: Church of the Ascension, Dartmouth Row, London SE10 8BF
Date:Sat 15 Jun 2013
Come along to the annual Blackheath and Greenwich group booksale to get your hands on some of the thousands of books collected from publishers, book reviewers and individual donors.
Film screening - 'Diaz: Dont Clean Up This Blood'
Venue: Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 5AB
Date:Sun 16 Jun 2013
The Northern Irish premier of Diaz: Dont Clean Up This Blood, a drama about the G8 protests that left one protester dead and injured many others.
Celebrating Sanctuary - The Embassy for Refugees
Venue: Bernie Spain Gardens (next to Oxo Tower Wharf), Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 9PP
Date:Sun 16 Jun 2013
Celebrating Sanctuary London launches Refugee Week in London with a reduced but still exquisite programme of discussions, musical and spoken word performances, workshops and other activities.
Brightening Britain: Celebrating Refugee Week with an evening of Music, Actions, talks and Poetry
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17 - 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Date:Mon 17 Jun 2013
An evening of music, action, refreshments, talks and poetry celebrating refugee week.
'I am Nasrine' screening + Q&A
Venue: Various
Date: Mon 17 Jun 2013, Tue 18 Jun 2013, Wed 19 Jun 2013, Thu 20 Jun 2013, Fri 21 Jun 2013, Sat 22 Jun 2013, Sun 23 Jun 2013, Mon 01 Jul 2013, Thu 04 Jul 2013
The BAFTA-nominated film follows the paths of Nasrine and Ali, sister and brother in a comfortable, middle-class Iranian home.
Syria Through A Lens
Venue: Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Date:Tue 18 Jun 2013
Bassel Shehadeh was a Syrian film producer and well-respected activist, killed on 28 May 2012 during a government assault on a neighbourhood in Homs, Syria.
Welcoming Refugees?
Venue: Room 2 at the Shoreham Centre, 2 Pond Road, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5WU
Date:Tue 18 Jun 2013
Speakers from two local voluntary groups, Father Paul Fleetwood
from Worth Abbey for The Gatwick Visitors Group and Paolo Boldrini, volunteer coordinator for the Brighton based Migrant English Project, will explain what they do to help refugees newly arrived in Sussex.
Within the Eye of the Storm + Q&A
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2A 3EA
Date:Wed 19 Jun 2013
We are proud to host a special screening of the award winning feature documentary Within The Eye of the Storm, followed by a discussion with the director Shelley Hermon and protagonists, Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan.
North Korean film screening - introduced by North Korean army defector
Venue: Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Date:Mon 24 Jun 2013
Everyone is welcome to this free screening of North Korean feature film, Crossing (Keurosing), detailing the tragic plight of Kim Yong Soo, a well-known ex-footballer who leaves North Korea and crosses illegally into China to buy medicine for his pregnant wife who has tuberculosis.
Chester Guitar Orchestra Concert
Venue: Oddfellows Hall, 65 High Street, Chester CH4 8SG
Date:Sun 30 Jun 2013
A delightful afternoon of guitar ensemble music, with proceeds to Amnesty.
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