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Violence against women will be the focus of a major conference to be held by Amnesty International Ireland in NUI Galway next week.

Mohammad Mostafaei, an Iranian lawyer in exile, will be speaking in Galway this weekend on the issue of human rights in Iran.

A CHARITY music gig in aid of Amnesty International will take place tonight from 8pm upstairs in Kelly’s Bar. Performers include Mikey and the Scallywags, Mark James, and Mumblaroo.

Amnesty International Galway will hold a table quiz to raise money for its anti-death penalty campaign in The Skeff Bar, Eyre Square, on Sunday April 25 at 8pm.

Amnesty International Galway will hold a table quiz to raise money for its anti-death penalty campaign in The Skeff Bar, Eyre Square, on Sunday April 25 at 8pm.

Galway City Council has now joined local authorities in Shannon, Limerick, Derry, and Kilkenny in declaring themselves ‘rendition-free’ following Galway’s commitment to preventing rendition flights through Galway Airport.

GLAM ROCK legends the New York Dolls and a major dance show by the brilliant Michael Clark, inspired by the Glam era of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed, are just two of the many exciting shows, concerts, events, readings, and exhibitions lined up for this year’s Galway Arts Festival, which runs from July 13 to 26.

The remarkable story of Fr Padraig Ó Máille, a humanitarian priest from Louisburgh, who was deported from Malawi during the reign of the brutal Banda regime and has since become Honorary Consul for that country in Ireland, is told in a documentary which will be broadcast on Midwest Radio over Christmas.

Just Desserts, the annual dessert making competition to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight, takes place in the Galway City Museum on Thursday March 5 at 4pm.

Amnesty International is to host a public meeting on how people in Ireland can make a difference to human rights in Uganda and Zimbabwe.