Perth

Perth Amnesty Group, together with Perth Minorities Association, hosted a communal Iftar in The Gateway Centre in Perth on Tuesday 19th March 2024 with members of Perth’s Muslim Community. Iftar is the name of the meal eaten by Muslims...

Perth Amnesty Chair's 2023 Report for the AGM, February 2024

During the summer 2023 Perth Amnesty Group members have enjoyed organising stalls raising awareness about Amnesty at an indoor Market in Perth, at the Perthshire Pride Event and during Freshers week at the University of the Highlands...

Perth Amnesty Group organised a celebration for local Afghan women to mark International Women’s Day in collaboration with the Scottish Refugee Council. The event took place on Saturday March 4 th from 10-11.30am at the AK Bell Library...

August 13th was one of the hottest days of the year in Tayside, but, undeterred, Amnesty supporters took up one of the Triathlon challenges by scaling two of the peaks in the Ben Lawers Traverse; Ben Lawers, which is just short of 4000...

On 17 February at 7.45pm Perth Amnesty Group joins forces with Perth Film Society for a showing of 'Limbo' Cert PG, 2020, 104 mins, English, Arabic with subtitles Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he...

COP26, the UN's annual Climate Change Conference of the Parties, is in Glasgow 1-11 November 2021. Climate change is clearly a human rights issue. Our human rights are dependent on a healthy planet. Global warming has a harmful impact...

The Nine Fourthousander Challenge We wish to extend a great big thanks to all Amnesty Members and supporters who took part in our Fund Raising Challenge to climb the 9 Scottish Mountains that rise above four thousand feet. We were...

Perth Amnesty Group Fundraising Challenge 2021 The 9 Four Thousanders Our Fundraising Challenge is to climb the 9 Mountains in Scotland (Munros) that are over four thousand feet in height. So far members of our group and supporters of...

History of Perth Group Beginnings Inspired by Amnesty International’s celebration of its 60 years, we researched the beginnings of our AI group in Perth . It was founded around 1980 (?) by Alison Elphinstone. She was employed by Perth...