Chile – 40th anniversary of the Coup

September 7, 2013

On the Amnesty Website there are two news stories under the “Life under pinochet” byline. One has an extraordinary testimony from Chilean activist Gloria Elgueta in her struggle to ensure truth and justice for the disappearance of her brother. The feature includes details of the former detention centre Londres 38. Please read this story here […]

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Christchurch Street Collection 2013

August 15, 2013

Thanks for everyone who helped out with last Saturdays Street Collection. The middle of August isn’t the best date – we have no say over when allocated – as many usual helpers were away. So it was great to make £91.65 – only slightly down on last year. Thanks again to all who turned out.

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Raisa Radchenko in Psychiatric Hospital

July 25, 2013

This is an updated Urgent Action (which we hadn’t previously seen or acted on) relating to the Ukraine. Raisa Radchenko, a 70 year old human rights activist, was detained on 11 July 2013 by police and taken to Zaporizhzhya Regional Psychiatric Hospital. Despite having no history of mental illness and without a court order authorising […]

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July 2013 News Update – South America Region

July 22, 2013

Going back a couple of decades, the group was an active participant in a Regional Action Network involving Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay – although 90% of the work centred on Brazil. This has gradually evolved into the South America Region and we get periodic updates and actions from the hard working voluntary coordinators. We […]

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Indonesia and Laos

July 16, 2013

At our July meeting we did a substantial amount of letter writing (for us!). In the curious absence of Urgent Actions or news from our other campaigns, we revisited some ongoing pages from the A.I.U.K. site.  The letters are all edited versions of what you can find on the site – and again you can […]

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Art Exhibition Update

June 25, 2013

There never seems an ideal time to do this as things are moving at a huge pace. But we’ve finally hit the Bournemouth Echo – twice!! – so it must be happening. Thanks to Genevieve Talon for her persistence, as there was a good article on Monday. This followed a short piece the previous week […]

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Nine Teenagers Forcibly Returned to North Korea

June 24, 2013

This is a change of style – setting letter writing as blog posts rather than just adding to one long Letters page. This should prove easier to keep relevant and link to via facebook and the newsletter. Let us know what you think. North Korea may have faded from the news these past months, but […]

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Spring Quiz 2013

April 24, 2013

On Saturday 13th April we held another Quiz Night in Christchurch at ye Olde George Inn. David and Rosemary Brown both created and set the questions, and kept proceedings in order. The evening raised nearly £150, and proved very enjoyable. We were the last event in the Barn at Ye Olde George prior to a […]

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Sir Jackie Stewart criticises calls to cancel F1 race

April 19, 2013

So its all right then! Sir Jackie has his finger on the pulse and has given us the all clear.  Sir Jackie – believes anyone calling for the Bahrain Grand Prix to be cancelled due to unrest in the Gulf state are “out of order”.  Its worth remebering that this time last year there was far […]

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Kate Allen to Talk in Southampton

March 23, 2013

The latest email from AIUK is from Director Kate Allen as she heads to New York to attend the Arms Trade Treaty talks. However, she will return in time to attend a specially convened meeting in Southampton on Wednesday 3rd April, 7.00pm There is a fairly long and convoluted story behind how this came about. […]

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