Human Rights Act Challenge

October 13, 2015

The group had an excellent talk last week By Dr Howard Davis,  lecturer in Public Law at Bournemouth University, about the Human Rights Act (HRA). As we’re sure everyone is aware, the Government plan to replace this act with a new “British ” Bill of Rights.  Howard explained some of the history that led to […]

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Newsletter September 20th 2015

September 20, 2015

Hello Welcome to the latest news from your local Amnesty Group. Our next meeting is Thursday, 8th October 2015 at 7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre, Bournemouth. We are delighted to announce that Dr Howard Davis, lecturer in Public Law at Bournemouth University will be giving a talk about the Human Rights Act. Whilst this has gone […]

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South American Newsletter August 2015

September 19, 2015

This is the latest from AIUKs South America Team… “Thanks to everyone who has written on behalf of the recent Brazil urgent actions and the individual cases of Laisa Sampaio, Alexandre Anderson and Jorge Nunes. Richard was at the Brazilian embassy last week and they have received hundreds of letters from British citizens that they […]

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South America Newsletter July 2015

July 21, 2015

This is the most recent newsletter from AIUK’s South American Team. Incidentally “they” consist of three volunteers, who do a tremendous amount of work, as you can see. We do occasional actions at our monthly meeting, but only scratch the surface of all the work that could be followed up. Please follow up whatever actions […]

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The Look of Silence

July 21, 2015

There is going to be a screening of “The Look of Silence” at Pavilion Dance, Bournemouth, next Monday the 27th July 2015 at 6.45. We are going to have a table in the foyer handing out an information leaflet from AIUK about the film, and what individuals can do to help bring perpetrators to justice. […]

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Newsletter July 6th 2015

July 6, 2015

Hello Welcome to the latest news from your local Amnesty Group. Our next meeting is Thursday, 9th July  2015 at 7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre, Bournemouth. There will be a fair amount of planning, particularly relating to the Human Rights Act, as we don’t have a meeting in August. We will send letters relating to […]

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Newsletter June 7th 2015

June 8, 2015

Hello Welcome to the latest news from your local Amnesty Group. Our next meeting is Thursday, 11th June  2015 at 7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre, Bournemouth. We will keep business to a minimum as we have a speaker,  Andy Moody, AIUK China coordinator. We have recently taken on some Individual case files from China, and […]

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Newsletter June 7th 2015

June 7, 2015

Hello Welcome to the latest news from your local Amnesty Group. Our next meeting is Thursday, 11th June  2015 at 7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre, Bournemouth. We will keep business to a minimum as we have a speaker,  Andy Moody, AIUK China coordinator. We have recently taken on some Individual case files from China, and […]

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South America Newsletter June 2015

June 7, 2015

This is the latest newsletter from the South American team. Its copied virtually verbatim – obviously we’ve not tried out all the links! Columbia A Colombian trade union leader, Gilberto Torres, is beginning an unprecedented claim for damages against BP in the high court in London, alleging the oil company’s complicity in his kidnap and […]

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Newsletter May 11th 2015

May 11, 2015

Hello Welcome to the latest news from your local Amnesty Group. Our next meeting is Thursday, 14th May  2015 at 7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre, Bournemouth. On the agenda:- Stop Torture campaign update; Cuba update; Keep the Human Rights Act;  South American Individuals at Risk – details on some of these things below. But a quick note […]

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