Jamnesty September 2023

September 10, 2023

Our Music Benefit event, held at Chaplin’s Bar in Boscombe on Saturday, was a great success – no mean feat given the competition for public attention (and occasional noise!) from the airshow. We collected over £1600.  This couldn’t have happened without the generous support of many musicians, poetry readers, face painters, cake makers as well […]

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South America Newsletter September 2023

September 4, 2023

This month, we bring you news that –  Argentina: Amnesty International has asked the UN High Commissioner to intervene on the part of Alberto Nallar, a human rights lawyer currently under house detention.  Brazil: following recent police massacres, Amnesty International has urged the Brazilian government to cease such lethal operations.  Chile: on the Anniversary of […]

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Group Newsletter August 2023

August 8, 2023

Welcome to the latest newsletter. Our next meeting  is on Thursday 7th September2023,  7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre. However, before that we have our first ever “Jamnesty”… Jamnesty at Chaplins Bar We are delighted to announce that Chaplins Bar Boscombe have agreed to stage a music benefit for Amnesty International – a Jamnesty – on Saturday 2nd September 2023. This starts at 12.30pm and […]

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South America Newsletter August 2023

August 2, 2023

This month we bring you news from Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay  and Chile. Please take action requesting protection for the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Columbia, who continue to suffer from threats and attacks by paramilitaries. There are now two Urgent Actions in Argentina; in both case you […]

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Europe Newsletter July 2023

July 31, 2023

Here is our latest Newsletter with updates and actions.  Chris Ramsey, Türkiye;  Jovana Bosnjak Western & Northern Europe;  Ulrike Schmidt, Central & Eastern Europe and Balkans Türkiye Post Election overview As reported in the June, the second round of the presidential elections took place on 28 May. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won a relatively narrow victory […]

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South America Newsletter July 2023

July 3, 2023

This month we bring you news from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. Amnesty has issued three Urgent Actions: Calling on the President and Defence Minister to enact Police Reform in Colombia; calling for the provision of care and release of Guillermo Zárraga, who is seriously ill in prison in Venezuela; and […]

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Group Newsletter June 2023

June 13, 2023

Our next meeting  is on Thursday 6th July 2023,  7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre. We had a successful “Increase the Peace Festival” in Boscome last month. Our next event is going to be more ambitious, our first “Jamnesty”… Jamnesty at Chaplins Bar We are delighted to announce that Chaplins Bar Boscombe have agreed to stage a music benefit for Amnesty International […]

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South America Newsletter June 2023

June 6, 2023

This month, we have updates on Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina.  Amnesty has issued the full findings of its investigation of human rights abuses during the protests in Peru.  There is a petition that you can sign demanding fundamental reform of the Colombian National Police.  You can tweet calling for the Brazilian Senate […]

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Europe Newsletter June 2023

June 5, 2023

From Monday  the 19th of June to Sunday 25th June Refugee Week takes place across the World. The theme of this years Refugee Week is compassion. While many ordinary people across the world show compassion and solidarity to refugees who have lost everything due to war, oppression and violence, governments across Europe particularly at the […]

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Back Door Parole

May 15, 2023

Some of you may remember attending the Journeymen Theatre’s performance of Feeding the Darkness (about state-sanctioned torture), a few years ago. This will be the very last performance of Journeymen as Lynn and Dave are retiring.

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