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Sep 25 2015 5:01pm
Resource: Human rights through poetry
What makes poetry powerful and how can you express your personal respo...
Jun 3 2014 9:38am
The most moving Father’s Day present
Poems that Make Grown Men Cry, edited by Anthony and Ben Holden, was p...
May 28 2014 3:47pm
I know why the caged bird sings - Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
With the death of Maya Angelou, the world has lost a laureate of liber...
Apr 10 2014 4:41pm
The poems that make grown men cry
Today we're part of the launch of a new poetry anthology, in whose pub...
Sep 19 2013 1:40pm
Rememberance of things past - Scotland’s lasting support for Pinochet’s victims
On September 11 1973, a military coup in Chile ousted the democratical...
Jul 8 2013 4:35pm
Poetry Sunday event
Group members, supporters and passers-by took an enthusiastic part in ...
Jul 1 2013 6:31pm
Amnesty Voices from Prison – open-air readings by Amnesty members and supporters
 You are invited to drop in and join poets, passers-by, actors, reader...
Jun 13 2013 3:11pm
It’s rotten here in jail
Of William Shakespeare, it is often said that his works are as relevan...
Oct 8 2009 11:15am
Human rights on Poetry Day
It's National Poetry Day. As good an excuse as any for a visit to vers...
Aug 14 2009 11:11am
I am a human being: Syrian poet
A Poem written by Ghadeh Al-Sama’nSyrian poet Translated by: Rouhi Sha...