Write for Rights 2016

November 6, 2016

Every year Amnesty International has encouraged and helped groups send greetings cards to prisoners of conscience around the world in December. Traditionally there were just half a dozen names selected.  In recent years Amnesty has branded this as “Write for Rights” (W4R) and produced much more informative information leaflets, covering many more prisoners of conscience. We have […]

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South America Newsletter November 2016

November 5, 2016

In this month’s newsletter, from the South America Team at AIUK, we encourage you to highlight two South America cases that feature in the Write for Rights Campaign.  There are updates on Brazil and Colombia and a reminder of three Urgent Actions that we have circulated during October. Write for Rights Campaign We have two […]

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Cuba newsletter October 2016

November 5, 2016

This newsletter from Sue Bingham, AIUK Cuba Coordinator has some updates from the International Secretariat Caribbean team in Mexico and some significant  news stories from Cuba: 1) A number of dissidents, including Guillermo Fariñas,  winner of the 2010 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought,  carried out hunger strikes to protest against what seems to be a rising […]

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Group Newsletter October 2016

October 9, 2016

Welcome our the latest newsletter. Our next meeting is on 13th October 2016, 7.30 at Moordown Community Centre. On the agenda – quiz night and other events, an update on Case files (see below); stall publicity (please see ideas if coming to the meeting); planning. Do check out our blog where there will be more […]

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South America Newsletter October 2016

October 8, 2016

This month we have news of the disappointing rejection by the electorate of the peace process in Colombia, the plight of indigenous groups in Brazil and of a new casefile in Peru. And thanks to all who signed the petition asking Brazil to be accountable for the violence committed during the Olympic Games. COLOMBIA By […]

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South America Newsletter Sept 2016

September 6, 2016

In this month’s newsletter, we have three, although tentative, good news stories for you. Starting in Peru and Argentina, some positive steps have been made regarding women’s’ rights and in Colombia, it looks like the 50-year civil war may finally be coming to an end. You can read more about Amnesty’s position on the Colombian […]

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Group Newsletter September 5th 2016

September 5, 2016

Welcome our the latest newsletter. Our next meeting is on 8th September 2016, 7.30 at Moordown Community Centre. On the agenda – an update on Case files (see below); stall publicity (please see ideas if coming to the meeting); planning. Please note that we are not overloading the newsletter with links out, as that does […]

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South America Newsletter August 2016

August 12, 2016

Summary In this month’s newsletter, we report on Amnesty’s work to highlight human rights violations in Brazil in the context of the Olympic Games. We also feature developments in Colombia, where the welcome ceasefire has not brought an end to human rights abuses. There are also brief updates on the eviction from their land of an indigenous group […]

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Brazil 2016

July 21, 2016

Having recovered from Bourne Free and our AmnesTea, we don’t have a meeting till September. But in 3 weeks time the world will focus on Brasil for the 2016 Olympics. You don’t need us to remind you that London hosted 2012, but fortunately during that event the military didn’t move into Walthamstow* or Stoke Newington* […]

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Bourne Free 2016

July 10, 2016

After getting involved for the first time last year, we again had a strong presence at Bournemouth’s LGBTI Pride Festival “Bourne Free”. Our “Love is a Human Right” placards were very popular and we ended up with just two!  Our stall was straight across from the bandstand, so competing with the music was somewhat difficult. […]

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