Amnesty International

Malvern Hills Group

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Meetings

The Malvern Hills Group normally meet on the third Thursday of the month at the Baptist Church Hall, Abbey Road in the centre of Great Malvern. (See the map below). (Look out for different venues for specific events). The meetings feature speakers and presentations from time to time, along with sharing campaign news, planning events, and disseminating materials for human rights campaigning in many different ways concerning both local and international issues. Visitors are always welcome whether or not you are an individual member of Amnesty International itself.

Amnesty Bookshop

The bookshop is at 3 Edith Walk, Great Malvern, (See the map below) and started trading in June 1998. It was officially opened in October 1998 by Sir Michael Spicer M.P., and the Malvern Group of Amnesty International is grateful to him for his interest in, and support of, Amnesty International.
A committee runs the shop and the main organiser is Jenny Morgan who devotes a lot of her own time and money to the cause. The shop is staffed by volunteers - opening hours as below.
As well as buying quality second hand books the shop is a good local contact point for information about Amnesty International generally and the latest news of the Malvern Hills group in particular.
All donations of books gratefully accepted - and any volunteers to help in the shop would be very welcome.

Amnesty Bookshop
3 Edith Walk, Great Malvern
Opening Times
9.30 am to 5.00 pm
Mondays to Saturdays

Events in 2010

Letter Writing Meeting

Thursday 22nd July 2010, 7.30 pm at the Baptist Church Lounge, Great Malvern. Exercise your letter writing skills (or learn new ones!) and help a prisoner of conscience in the process.

Monthly Group Meeting

Thursday 19th August 2010, 7.30 pm at the Baptist Church Lounge, Great Malvern. (see map below) Regular monthly group meeting: catch the latest news, get the campaign updates and find out about all the events. All welcome.

Art for Amnesty

Saturday 21st to Monday 30th August 2010, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (except Sundays when it is 2.00 to 5.00 pm) at the Quaker Meeting House, Great Malvern. See the best of local art being exhibited and maybe buy one or two exhibits for yourself. Local artists supporting Amnesty - very worthwhile.

Monthly Group Meeting

Thursday 16th September 2010, 7.30 pm at the Baptist Church Lounge, Great Malvern. (see map below) Regular monthly group meeting: catch the latest news, get the campaign updates and find out about all the events. All welcome.

Letter Writing Meeting

Thursday 23rd September 2010, 7.30 pm at the Baptist Church Lounge, Great Malvern. Exercise your letter writing skills (or learn new ones!) and help a prisoner of conscience in the process.

Malvern Hills Supporters' Evening
"Outside the Law" - Stories from Guantanamo

Tuesday 19th October 2010, 7.30 pm at the Forum Theatre, Great Malvern. This will be the autumn's big Amnesty event for Worcestershire when the film about Guantanamo Detention Centre will be shown, followed by a discussion with ex-Guantanamo internees. Tickets cost £9.50 (concessions £8.50) and go on sale on 1st August at Malvern Theatres (01684 892277) or at the Amnesty Bookshop, 3 Edith Walk (see map below) - 01684 563507. Student tickets available from the Bookshop for £5.00. Put the date in your diary now - it promises to be a special event. See also this link .

Monthly Group Meeting

Thursday 21st October 2010, 7.30 pm at the Baptist Church Lounge, Great Malvern. (see map below) Regular monthly group meeting: catch the latest news, get the campaign updates and find out about all the events. All welcome.

Monthly Group Meeting

Thursday 18th November 2010, 7.30 pm at the Baptist Church Lounge, Great Malvern. (see map below) Regular monthly group meeting: catch the latest news, get the campaign updates and find out about all the events. All welcome.

Letter Writing Meeting

Thursday 25th November 2010, 7.30 pm at the Baptist Church Lounge, Great Malvern. Exercise your letter writing skills (or learn new ones!) and help a prisoner of conscience in the process.

Monthly Group Meeting

Thursday 16th December 2010, 7.30 pm at the Baptist Church Lounge, Great Malvern. (see map below) Regular monthly group meeting: catch the latest news, get the campaign updates and find out about all the events. All welcome.

Please email Newletter for the latest Group Newletter which gives more details of the above events

A Record of Some of the Events in 2006, 2007 and 2008

The list below gives details of some recent events featuring the Malvern Group. If you volunteer you could be in the photograph too...

Malvern Group Supporters' Evening

The 2006 Malvern Group Supporters' Evening was held on Thursday 21st September 2006 at the Mount Pleasant Hotel. It featured a presentation by Michela Wrong, who is a freelance journalist and contributor to the New Statesman. She was talking, in particular, on human rights issues in the Congo.

In 2007, in October, Craig Murray spoke to an audience of hundreds at the Forum Theatre in Great Malvern. This inspiring event featured the former UK ambassadot to Uzbekistan telling some very uncomfortable truths about his time in that troubled country, the routine use of torture (even to the death) and the pointless harvesting of "information" from such sources. Sadly, the security services of both the UK and the USA seemed to set great store by worthless confessions obtained in this way.

In 2008 the speaker was Clive Stafford-Smith, a human rights lawyer who has campaigned tirelessly over the years for Death Penalty and other cases, especially in the US. The focus of his talk was Guantanamo Bay and the bizarre (and tragic) consequencs of the US military not being prepared to admit that they have an illegal prison full of innocent men. The event was held on 21st October 2008 at the Forum Theatre, Great Malvern.

Malvern Art Exhibition
Malvern Hills Group event

from Saturday 20th May to Saturday 3rd June 2006, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm everyday for the whole fortnight at the Friends' Meeting House, Orchard Road, Malvern. The Group was represented throughout this event which is their most significant public platform for that year. The formal opening was on 20th May 2006 and was presided over by Guy Woodford of the Malvern Hills College.

Artist and subject at Art Exhibition in May 2006

Malvern May Fair

Here's a taste of another recent event - the Group had a presence throughout the Malvern May Fair collecting faces for the Million Faces Petition as part of the Control Arms Campaign. The photograph below shows buskers Jacek Agopsowicz, Nick Hart, Jon Holmes, and Rob Mason, with Dr Trevor Trueman, far left at one of the event sites. Over 300 faces were collected to add to the petition.

Photograph of guitarists busking in Malvern with representatives of the Malvern A.I. Group

For details of other Amnesty events in Worcestershire and elsewhere in the region please refer to the West Midlands Regional Website Events page.

Location Plan for Malvern Group meetings

Baptist Church hall, Abbey Road, Great Malvern

location plan for Malvern Bookshop and meetings

For further details please email the Group Press Contact		Last updated: 18th July 2010