DR Congo 50

Colours of the City (a local organisation who promote diversity in Birmingham) have organised an event to mark the 50th Anniversary of Congolese independence.  Called DR Congo 50 – Past, Present, Future, the event will be a free debate on the country, held at The Drum in Aston, on Sat 3rd July, 6pm.  See flyer: [...]

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Public Forum, Malvern Group

You are very welcome to attend “Destitution, Detention, Deportation” A public forum on Asylum in the UK. Malvern Theatres 7.30 Monday 26th October Panel Kate Allen – Director of Amnesty International UK Emma Ginn- Coordinator for Medical Justice Steve Symonds – Barrister and Legal Officer for the Immigration Law Practitioners Assoc. Juliet Cohen or Angela Burnet – Medical [...]

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Invitation to Debate: Is our democracy under threat?

Email from ‘The Independent’: On behalf of Simon Kelner, the Editor-in-Chief of The Independent, I would like to invite members of Amnesty Birmingham to attend the following debate. It is taking place on Wednesday 10th June at the Birmingham Museum from 6.30pm, and includes speakers Clare Short MP, Patrick Burns from BBC WM and the [...]

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Question Time: Success or Failure?

Sutton Coldfield  Amnesty Group’s Question Time saw a very good turn out in the spacious surroundings of the Holy Trinity Church Hall. The panel was very professionally hosted by Andrew from the group and proceedings kicked off with some very engaging brief introductions to the speakers’ own perspectives on human rights. Questions ranged across the [...]

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