Reunion with ex-Prisoner of Conscience Ilker Demir, Turkish Journalist The Sutton group were delighted to have Ilker Demir speak to us via zoom on the 30th anniversary of his release from prison in 1991, and coincidentally on the 60th...

Geraldine Chacon, ex-Prisoner of Conscience from Venezuela Sutton Amnesty were honoured to have Geraldine Chacón speak to the group. Geraldine is a lawyer, human rights advocate and ex-prisoner of conscience from Venezuela. She gave a...

At the meeting the group participated in the annual Amnesty “ Write For Rights ” 2021 Campaign. Group members presented the stories of 10 individuals, communities and organisations worldwide whose rights are being abused and who...

Across the UK in London, Manchester, Brighton, Newcastle, Carlisle, Worcester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cornwall as well as in Ireland, Germany, Denmark and Poland, Amnesty Activists and supporters held vigils and protests outside Polish...

We had an excellent turnout for our 7 February meeting including guests from the Galway and Mayfair Amnesty Groups. We were also pleased to welcome Sultan Mahmoodi, recently relocated from Afghanistan and working with Human Rights...

We were delighted to have Ulrike Schmidt - Amnesty Regional Coordinator for Europe (excluding the former Soviet Union) - to join us and talk on 'Shrinking Spaces for Human Rights in Central Europe'. Her talk focused on Poland touching...

At the Polish Embassy in London on March 19th, 2022 with @AmnestyUKEurope and other Amnesty groups, including Sutton Amnesty, calling for an end to harassment of Human Rights Defenders at the border and for all refugees to be welcomed.

The Chair welcomed Sherry Izadi to our meeting. When the talk had first been arranged we envisaged a discussion and questions as to how we could support the campaign to secure the release of her husband Anoosheh Ashoori from...

We were delighted to have Kolbassia Haoussou join us at our May group meeting. Kolbassia has worked at Freedom from Torture (FFT) since 2009. In 2007 he co-founded the Survivors Speak OUT network (SSO), a national network of torture...

We were delighted to have Barrie Hay, Amnesty UK Regional Coordinator for the countries in the former Soviet Union, speak to us at our June group meeting. Amnesty Barrie introduced himself as an Amnesty member of 40 years' standing and...