The minutes of the July meeting are available here thanks to group member Lesley for preparing them. A full meeting in which we discussed the death penalty report; the results of the stall; the film at the Arts Centre; social media statistics; the meeting at the Cathedral and the BBQ in August. We also discussed the letter sent to John Glen about the Maldives (reply awaited).
Group minutes available
The minutes of the June meeting are now available thanks to group member Lesley for typing them up. We discussed the stall on Saturday; the film at the Arts Centre; the video based on North Korea and the death penalty among other things. The full minutes can be read below:
May minutes
The minutes of the May meeting are available and can be accessed below. Thanks to Fiona for preparing them. The meeting contained general updates and a discussion on the film evening.
Group minutes: April
Minutes of our last meeting in April are now available thanks to group member Lesley for doing them. We discussed the death penalty report; social media statistics; filming of Fiona Bruce MP and Clare Moody MEP for the North Korean video; Arts Centre film; future events including the stall in June, and the HRA
Timbuktu
The award winning film Timbuktu was shown at the Salisbury Arts Centre tonight and it was a gripping and powerful film. If you did not see it here try and catch it somewhere else. Most of the people attending signed the cards to Cameroon – thank you for those that did.
Timbuktu film
The film, Timbuktu, is to be shown in the Salisbury Arts Centre 
this Thursday evening 3 December. The film is extremely topical both because of the horrific activities of jihadists in Paris and today’s news of a terrorist attack in Mali which is where Timbuktu is. This is the latest in our joint presentations with the Arts Centre. The film has received many favourable reviews and mostly 4 stars.
Timbuktu has entered the English language as a place which is remote and unknown yet recent events have brought the country and the town into the limelight.
There will be a short presentation by an Amnesty director before the film starts and afterwards, an opportunity for people to sign a petition or some cards.
Tickets from the Arts Centre via the link above or by phoning 01722 321744.
November group minutes
The November minutes of the Salisbury group are now available thanks to Lesley.
Correction: the Death Penalty vigil took place on 17 October and not November as stated in the minutes
Group meeting
The group met last night to review campaigns and ahead of the minutes here is a brief resume:
- Discussed North Korea and the idea for a YouTube video. Next meeting at the Red Lion
- Received the death penalty report
- Citizenship went well and two teams members will be at the Shaftesbury School today (13th)
- Film Timbuktu on 3 December at the Arts Centre
- Tapestry to be moved to the Cathedral in the next week or so
- HRA. Watching brief ahead of government plans to scrap/alter it. We will get materials from AIUK. It is likely to be a major part of our activities next year if the government do go ahead with either abolition or a major overhaul
- Discussed Write for Rights and the four people we will campaign for agreed
- Carol signing will take place on 21 December (photo of last year)
Farrant Singers in Park Street - Statistics on website hits and social media were presented (see statistics tab for the report)
#Morocco film
UPDATE 25TH MARCH
The film Bastards (12A) was shown this Wednesday 25 March starting at 7.30 and the audience reaction was very positive indeed. There were many questions to the producer Deborah Perkin.
This is a fascinating and highly-acclaimed documentary about one Moroccan woman’s struggle to legitimise her daughter and the director, Deborah Perkin will be there to answer questions. The film follows an illiterate young woman who took on her own family and the Moroccan justice system for the sake of her illegitimate child.  It is a gripping, moving and uplifting documentary from the cutting edge of Islam.
Deborah Perkin is the first person to film in a court in Morocco, a country which leads the world in its legal efforts to give women and children more rights under Sharia law.
In Morocco, as in all Muslim countries, sex outside marriage is illegal and women bear the brunt of society’s disapproval. But what is the fate of the children of those single mothers?  They cannot attend the better schools, are turned away from infant immunisation clinics and refused government posts. Jobs, housing and a huge range of social advantages are denied them. They are despised outcasts, condemned to a life of discrimination. Bastards is the first film to tell this story from a mother’s point of view.
We shall have a petition to sign about torture in Morocco. Morocco is one of the five countries highlighted by Amnesty International in its #StopTorture campaign. We are pleased to say many people signed our petitions at the end of the showing. Thanks to the Arts Centre.#Palestine film
A documentary film is being shown at the Studio Theatre in Salisbury called Open Bethlehem. It is on Friday 13 March and details are on the attached flyer. The phone number for tickets is 01722 349740 and they can be purchased in the tourism office in Fish Row, Salisbury.
