Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International with David Davis MP, Peter Oborne the journalist, and Ed Probert of the Cathedral posing for a photo during the sixth form conference which took place at the Cathedral on 15 June.
Attendance was good with several hundred 6th formers from the local schools who listened to the speakers and then asked questions.
Kate also took part in another event in the Playhouse in which she was joined by Prof Guy Standing, author of The Precariat and A Precariat Charter and Ben Rawlence writer and researcher and author of Radio Congo. Ben used to be a country representative with Human Rights Watch.
The event was called Magna Carta Now and was looking at the relevance of the Magna Carta in today’s world especially as it was the 800th anniversary of its sealing. Edward Fox the actor read out sections of the charter and the panel debated their significance and relevance today. Local member, Peter Curbishley was in the chair. Around 140 people attended.
- Playhouse event.
Amnesty in Salisbury & South Wiltshire 
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