Welcome to the latest newsletter.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 2nd November 2023, 7.30pm – 9.00pm at Moordown Community Centre. This is a reminder our quiz night is next week on…
Friday 10th November 8pm at the
The Brunswick Hotel, 199 Malmesbury Park Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 8PX
Our quizzes are informal but competitive! We are returning to one of our favourite venues, The Brunswick Hotel. Sally Hawksworth will again be reading the questions and keeping order!
Please help planning by reserving your tickets via Eventbrite. As ever you pay on the night, but we need to ensure we don’t exceed the room limit (50). Do be quick as we usually sell out some time before the event. At the time of sending this newsletter over two-thirds have gone.
Teams of up to 6, entrance £5 a person. If you aren’t in a team they can be adjusted/formed on the night to ensure no one’s on their own. As ever we will have a raffle (prize donations very welcome). https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quiz-night-tickets-730232534167
Europe Newsletter
The latest newsletter has updates on Cyprus, Greece, Türkiye and Poland. This includes a sample letter to the Cypriot Ambassador relating to attacks on refugees; the upholding of sentences against the “Gezi 7” defendants in Türkiye; planned demonstrations in December outside the embassies of Greece (deaths at sea of refugees) and Poland (rights of women to have access to safe and legal abortions)
There is also a link to a petition for a treaty to regulate the trade in policing equipment. Whilst tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and batons are promoted as safer alternatives to firearms, all too often these weapons are used unlawfully (see also Gustavo Gatica below) to harass, intimidate, punish, or drive away protesters, undermining their right to peaceful assembly. https://amnestyat50.co.uk/europe-newsletter-october-2023
