With Stratford on Avon in carnival mood this weekend (April 23rd - 24th) to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, local Amnesty members have responded with their own

Would William Shakespeare have supported Amnesty?

We were delighted to join members of Mid Warwickshire group to staff their stall at the Leamington Peace Festival last month.

Here in Stratford-on-Avon we are expecting the arrival of the first group of Syrian refugee families at the end of November.

Letter from the Chair of Stratford on Avon Amnesty Group in the Guardian newspaper Wednesday May 11th

Our focus this month has been on Write for Rights , the greetings card and letter writing campaign.

Join us on Wednesday November 9th at 7.00 at 37 Maidenhead Road for our November meeting where our speaker will be Nola Weerwag, Amnesty's Country Coordinator for Burma

Tuesday November 1st launch of Write for Rights campaign 2016 follow link below for materials and information.

Sadly we have had to postpone our speaker for Wednesday''s group meeting, however the meeting will take place as usual at 7.00 in the Friends' Meeting House, 37, Maidenhead Road, and we've got lots

Thursday October 6th 10.00 - 12.noon, drop-in letter writing for Individuals at Risk.