Europe Newsletter March 2023

March 9, 2023

There is a special International Women’s day action featuring Eren Keskin, fearless human rights defender from Türkiye. Please take action on International Women’s day Wednesday 8th March. Human Rights in Europe are under threatened and under attack, particularly the human rights of those who are fleeing war and persecution and hoping to claim their universal […]

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South America Newsletter March 2023

March 3, 2023

Dear friends  This month we bring you news from Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina. The Colombian Ombudsman reports that 215 social leaders and human rights defenders were killed in 2022. Brazil‘s new Environment Minister has called on an investigation into former President Bolsonaro for genocide of indigenous people. Amnesty has presented its initial findings of its investigation into the repression of the […]

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Group Newsletter February 2023

February 17, 2023

Welcome to the latest newsletter.Our next meeting  is on Thursday 2nd March 2023,  7.30pm at Moordown Community Centre. Last month we worked on 3 different campaign. Sadly, there continue to be many human rights abuses around the world for us to work on. Europe Newsletter January 2023In July 2018, Seán Binder and Sarah Mardini were charged with espionage, […]

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South America Newsletter February 2023

February 10, 2023

This month we bring you news from Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Amnesty has issued an update to its Urgent Action regarding protests in Peru, following the deaths of a further 18 people on 9 January. Amnesty has also written to the Ecuadorian authorities regarding proposed reforms to the Ecuadorian […]

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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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