On 25 September, our Chair attended the Iranian film “ There is No Evil ”, shown at the Garden Cinema in Covent Garden, with an introduction by activist and actress Elika Ashoori. Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival...

There have been significant developments on various cases Sutton Amnesty have been working on, including as follows: Dr Mohamed al-Roken (UAE) One of Sutton Amnesty's two prisoners of conscience Dr Mohammed al-Roken had already been...

Our Amnesty stall at the fair this year was well placed allowing customer access from two sides and situated between the Lib Dems and a busy CND bookstall. Anne provided a carnival feel to our stall with colourful bunting and Graham...

On 22 September, our Chair attended a screening of the excellent film “ All Static & Noise ” at Amnesty UK's office (the Human Rights Action Centre or HRAC). The film is a groundbreaking and very moving documentary about atrocities...

A really interesting event our Chair attended for the very first time was a Prisoners of Conscience Bursary Awards Event, an annual conference gathering held in London. Prisoners of Conscience are a UK-based charity providing both...

Our Chair attended a protest at 10 Downing Street commemorating the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran. Mahsa died in police custody on 16 September 2022 after being detained for not wearing a head scarf correctly...

Several Sutton Amnesty members attended the film ”She’s in Jail”, a very powerful account documenting the incarceration of Hang-Tung Chow , a prominent political activist, in Hong Kong. Members may recall Hang-Tung was one of the Write...

Sutton Amnesty has had a particular interest in the UAE following our adoption in 2021 of Dr Mohamed al-Roken as our 'Individual at Risk'. We were therefore very pleased to discover that Sima Watling, who we met at a protest outside...

Our Chair updated us on Dr Mohammed al-Roken's case and his shocking life imprisonment sentence. Ahmed Mansoor , on whose case Amnesty has also worked, received a sentence of 15 years' imprisonment. They are just two of many included...