Close Guantanamo Bay

January 11, 2014

On January 11, 2002, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the first detainees were transferred to the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Since then, the detention facility there has made the world’s news headlines for the shocking human rights concerns associated with it – including arbitrary detention, secret detention, torture and other […]

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Autumn Quiz 2013

December 10, 2013

Our Autumn Quiz made £137, plus provided a nice “relaxing” evening’s entertainment. New quiz setter David Rogers did set the bar fairly high, although all questions had at least one correct answer from the nine teams battling it out!  Sally Hawksworth didn’t take any nonsense as new quiz master (mistress?). In the end there was […]

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Russian Federation

October 13, 2013

There have been some high profile cases involving the Russian Authorities, such as the continued detention of the Pussy Riot members and now the Greenpeace trials.  But at our last meeting we wrote letters on behalf of 5 men who have recently been denied political assylum in Russia.  There is some bitter irony in their […]

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September 2013 News Update – South America Region

September 30, 2013

As we explained in a post in July, as a local group we are signed up to the South America Region Network. Their coordinators focus specifically on the countries featured below and send us actions when they turn up. Some have already featured on this blog – such as Chile – but most of the […]

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Bournemouth Street Collection 2013

September 30, 2013

Another year, another attempt to squeeze a few coppers from the busy folk of Bournemouth. Despite good weather and lots of people, we yet again proved to be invisible to the masses. We raised £142.48 – not a huge sum, but “every little helps”. Thanks to everyone who turned out.  The photo sums up what […]

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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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