Newsletter July 5th 2014

July 5, 2014

Hello Welcome to the latest news from your local Amnesty Group Our next meeting is Thursday, 10th July 2014 at 7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre, Bournemouth. We didn’t appoint a “Chair” at the recent AGM, as Ted Stevens has stood down. Hopefully we will resolve this issue at the meeting next week.  Please come along […]

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Cuban Urgent Actions

July 4, 2014

For some years our group has focussed on Campaigns and Actions relating to Cuba – Amnesty has always encouraged groups and individuals to focus their energies on particular countries or individual cases.  The country coordinator, Sue Bingham, last visited the group in 2010, so we were delighted to welcome her back for an update at […]

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Summer Quiz 2014

July 4, 2014

Quiz nights have been a major social event and fundraiser for many years now. And for  at least a decade we’ve relied on the Ye Olde George in the centre of Christchurch for our spring quiz – despite their function room being somewhat gloomy (and grubby) and their charging for the privilege. But with the […]

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May 2014 News Update – South America Region

June 10, 2014

As a local group we are signed up to the South America Region Network. Their coordinators focus specifically on the countries featured below and send us actions when they turn up. In this update we focus on Brazil as we build up to the FIFA World Cup. We bring great news about an indigenous community […]

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Newsletter April 22nd 2014

April 22, 2014

Welcome to the latest news from your local Amnesty Group Our next meeting is Thursday, 8th May 2014 at 7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre, Bournemouth. We have a speaker, Sue Bingham, who is Amnesty Country Coordinator for Cuba. Sue gave an excellent talk to the group in October 2010, and we have continued to work […]

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Metropolis Gallery is Superb Finale

April 9, 2014

This should be the final post about the Human Rights Art Exhibition! We have now dismantled the exhibitions at Christchurch Priory, Red House Museum, Bournemouth Library and St Peters Church. To some extent it was hard to motivate ourselves to curate some of the work for yet another exhibition – especially when only over 5 […]

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Red House Museum & St Peters Church

March 27, 2014

Our recent blog posts have featured the launches of the Art Exhibition at Christchurch Priory and Bournemouth Library. As we are now well into the second half of the Exhibition, here is a selection of images from the Red Hose Museum, Christchurch and St Peters Church in Bournemouth. So do find time to visit before […]

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Launch of Art Exhibition part 2

March 16, 2014

Two days after the successful launch at Christchurch Priory – with the Christchurch Mayor – we had a successful launch of the Bournemouth end of the Exhibition at Bournemouth Library. The Mayor of Bournemouth, Councillor Dr Rodney Cooper, accompanied by the Mayoress, showed great interest in the exhibits as he was shown around by local […]

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Launch of Art Exhibition

March 12, 2014

After 18 months of hard work, our Human Rights Art Exhibition is now live. Last night (Tuesday 11th March) we welcomed the Mayor of Christchurch John Lofts to offically open the Christchurch end of the exhibition.   Many of the artists who had submitted work turned out, along with group members, friends and well-wishers.   […]

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December 2013 News Update – South America Region

January 14, 2014

As a local group we are signed up to the South America Region Network. Their coordinators focus specifically on the countries featured below and send us actions when they turn up. At our January meeting we wrote letters to President Santos in Columbia sample letter columbia and President Correa in Ecuador sample letter Ecuador In […]

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