Europe Newsletter January 2023

January 26, 2023

Türkiye This month we bring you news from Türkiye, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary & Bulgaria. There are several actions you can take. Prof Şebnem Korur Fincancı : verdict The third and final hearing in the baseless prosecution of human rights defender, forensic medicine expert and head of the Turkish Medical Association Prof Şebnem […]

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South America Newsletter January 2023

January 7, 2023

This month we bring you news from Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina and Chile. There is an Urgent Action in response to the repression of protests in Peru.  Amnesty is working with others to promote police reform in Colombia.  It has denounced ex-President Bolsonaro’s abolition of the Special Commission on Deaths and Disappearances in Brazil.  The International Criminal Court is investigating crimes against humanity in Venezuela.  Amnesty Chile has welcomed […]

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Group Newsletter December 2022

December 20, 2022

Welcome to the latest newsletter. Our next meeting  is on Thursday 5th January 2023,  7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre. Before then we hope you enjoy the seasonal festivities.  And, as the cases highlighted below indicate, there is little doubt our campaigning will need to continue in 2023… Write for Rights (W4R) W4R is Amnesty International’s annual campaign, sending […]

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Write 4 Rights 2022

December 18, 2022

W4R is Amnesty International’s annual campaign, sending greetings cards to prisoners of conscience, their families and other human rights defenders around the world. In 2019, more than 6.5 million messages of support and appeal letters were sent during the W4R campaign. They made a big difference to the people and communities confronting injustice and facing […]

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South America Newsletter December 2022

December 3, 2022

This month we bring you news from Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina and Chile. Amnesty has issued new reports on gender-based violence in Colombia and Ecuador and on institutional racism in Brazil. A transgender couple from Paraguay has been chosen for this year’s Write for Rights Campaign and we encourage you to write […]

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Quiz Night Autumn 2022

November 13, 2022

Many thanks to everyone who came to our Quiz Night, We had a full house and raised over £320. Special thanks to the Brunswick for the giving us a great venue, for free; David Rogers for setting the questions and Sally Hawsworth for being the hostess. If anyone wants a copy of the questions for […]

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Group Newsletter November 2022

November 8, 2022

Welcome to the latest newsletter. The next meeting  is on Thursday 1st December 2022 7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre. As (was) usual in December it will be more of an informal gathering as we will just be writing cards as part of Write 4 Rights (see below). Please bring along any seasonal nibbles and any (non religious) spare […]

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South America Newsletter November 2022

November 7, 2022

This month, we have updates on Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Argentina and Paraguay, as well as Amnesty’s call on governments throughout the region to fight inequality and discrimination.  You can sign a petition calling on the Colombian government to counter the discrimination and stereotyping of refugee Venezuelan women and LGBTIQ+ people; and another […]

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Europe Newsletter November 2022

November 3, 2022

Please find our latest Newsletter full of Actions and reports. Starting with a very urgent Action on Turkey, we are also campaigning for justice for Zineb Redouane, who was killed by a tear gas grenade in France. For the last year we have been campaigning against unlawful pushbacks and the inhumane and cruel treatment of […]

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South America Newsletter October 2022

October 12, 2022

This month, we update you on developments in Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, Suriname, and Argentina. In Colombia, most of the country’s dissident FARC guerrillas declared a unilateral ceasefire: during the conflict over 1,700 people were forcibly displaced by non-state armed groups, and over a million individuals from ethnic minorities were displaced. In Brazil, general […]

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