Our January newsletter includes a report of our Write for Rights coffee morning and letter/card signing on 10 December, Human Rights Day. Despite the cold weather and Covid, about 30 people came along and enjoyed our coffee and cake...

Our February/March newsletter includes the regular features of - actions you can take this month, diary dates and campaign updates. The actions include women's rights in Afghanistan, the UK's Nationality and Borders Bill and the forced...

Members of the Minehead Amnesty Group were pleased to raise £248 at their annual quiz on 25 March. Despite numbers being down, owing to Covid and other reasons, those who went along were entertained with a range of interesting...

The Minehead Amnesty Group’s next event is on Thursday 21 April at 2pm in the Quaker Meeting House, Bancks Street, Minehead. There will be a talk on Afghanistan, followed by the opportunity to write letters and sign petitions about the...

Our April newsletter includes reports of our recent events, such as the fund-raising quiz, and our attendance at the SW regional conference. There is an account of one of the conference talks which was on the UK's disfunctional...

In April the Minehead Group had a talk by Cherry Bird on the latest news on human rights in Afghanistan. This was followed by a letter writing session at which 23 letters were written about cases in nine countries. In May, six members...

Members of our Minehead Amnesty group were joined on 29 July by friends and neighbours for a most enjoyable AmnesTea, held this year in Susan’s beautiful garden in Carhampton. The sun shone, and more than 50 people came to enjoy the...

Our August/September 2022 newsletter includes reports of several events in July - a letter writing afternoon, a stall at a village fete and an Amnestea. As usual it also sets out some actions we can all take this month, a list of diary...

Local harpist Hazel Prior is once again supporting Amnesty International by playing her harp and singing at an afternoon concert on Saturday 22 October 2022 at 3 pm in Carhampton Village Hall . She plans to bring us a variety of...

Our October 2022 newsletter includes a selection of actions you can take this month, plus a list of diary dates. At our planning meeting on 15 September we made the final arrangements for our fund-raising Harp and Songs concert on...