Bournemouth Street Collection

September 30, 2012

Thanks to everyone who turned out for yesterdays Bournemouth Street Collection. The weather held, the crowds were out – and as ever chose to largely ignore us!! Still we made £168.84                                     Our next fundraising event is our […]

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Stop the Execution of Reggie Clemons

August 31, 2012

Reggie Clemons is featured on our letters page as well, with a video of a Guardian interview, so please check that page out.  What is unique about his case (sadly being on death row in America with a very dubious conviction isn’t unique) is that the state of Missouri Supreme Court assigned a ‘special master’ […]

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Christchurch Street Collection

July 30, 2012

Thanks to everyone who helped out on Saturday.  And a warm welcome to Daniela who stayed for over two hours having only just made contact with our group! Street collections are not everyone’s idea of fun, as you can stand for ages being totally ignored by everyone… We raised £109 – which is quite a […]

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AmnesTEA in Southbourne

July 4, 2012

Anna Moreton help the group’s first AmnesTEA last weekend in Southbourne. The concept is simple – you invite people around for tea and cake – and encourage them to make a donation.  That hides the amount of work behind the scenes, plus trying to publicise the event (and then work out numbers). I know Anna […]

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Arms Trade Treaty

May 11, 2012

Please Sign the Petition We are in Bournemouth Square this Sunday (13th May) afternoon collecting signatures for an Amnesty International petition. We want David Cameron to join Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband by publicly committing the UK to lead the way in securing a bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty. No one knows for sure how many […]

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Amnesty Quiz Night

April 30, 2012

“Which Yorkshire town has name which means “broken bridge” in latin?” On Saturday 28th April we held another (? 12th) Quiz Night in Christchurch at ye Olde George Inn. The questions, as ever, were somewhat difficult and devious.  The participants, dedicated, hard-working and sharp as ever..   David and Rosemary Brown both created and set […]

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Meeting 12th April 2012

April 15, 2012

Please visit Letters page – we sent cards of support to Chen Guangcheng who is under illegal house arrest in Shandong province, China. You can send letters and emails to the authorities in China via the A.I.U.K. link. On that page you will also find links regarding the jailed brothers in Cuba – their  offence […]

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Should Formula 1 Race in Bahrain?

April 15, 2012

Should Formula 1 hold a Grand Prix in Bahrain? As Amnesty International releases a new position statement on Bahrain, we pose the question.  Join us in this debate, partly as an experiment in how to use Facebook! What do think? The position of Amnesty International (quoted in the Guardian) is “Holding the Grand Prix in […]

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Welcome…

March 24, 2012

to our group website.  Hopefully you will find any information you want about our group, but more importantly it will inspire you to take action. The best way to keep in touch with us is via our email newsletter. This generally goes out once a month. This is changing in format as we develop the […]

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