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Amnesty's Scottish office provides a focus for our campaigning and fundraising by people in Scotland.
Activities include:
- Raising Amnesty's concerns with Scottish politicians
- Getting our campaigns into the media
- Adapting Amnesty campaigns for the Scottish context
- Hosting visiting international speakers on human rights
- Helping young people learn about human rights
- Organising events to raise money and awareness
Stay in touch with your local Amnesty news, actions and events by creating a My Amnesty profile, by reading our regular blog or by signing up for our monthly newsletter.
You can download our Spring 2008 newsletter below.
 [Acrobat PDF] | Spring 2008 Scottish newsletter |
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Fringe productions promote Amnesty campaigns
Two Fringe productions exploring human rights themes are promoting Amnesty International
information and campaign actions after each performance:
- "Monsters" joins a group of child soldiers seeking to escape civil war in a
Scotland of the future in a tale of lost innocence amongst the fall-out from conflict.
Find out more
- "Stoning Mary", from playwright Debbie Tucker Green, also features a child
soldier, and highlights the story of Mary as she awaits execution by stoning."
Find out more
"At the Festival" programme
Amnesty International is the good cause at the heart of the Edinburgh Festival. Click here for full details
of our 2008 activities, information on how to book tickets and to download our
"At the Festival" programme.
Burma Demo to mark 20th Anniversary of uprising
All invited to hold up a giant saffron ribbon on Friday 8th August from 12.30
to 1.00pm at the City Chambers in Edinburgh's High Street. Find out more
Local groups
From Shetland to Tweeddale, local Amnesty action groups bring people together to carry out our human rights campaigning. Some groups concentrate on specific aspects of Amnesty's concerns, while others take up a broad range of issues.
