Dr Al-Roken and the UAE 84 Our group has been involved in meetings with other Amnesty groups campaigning on behalf of prisoners in the UAE. Our Chair was able to give feedback on the UAE 84 trial involving Dr Mohammed al-Roken . This...

“It was brutally senseless. There’s no limit to what the government can do. It’s beyond the worst imagination“ Zhou Fengsuo, Tiananmen Square survivor and student protest leader. This week marked the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen...

The second iftar attended by our Chair was hosted by the Watford group, who themselves are in the process of reforming and rebuilding. Attendance was around 40+. The friendly atmosphere and positivity at this and the Mile End iftar was...

Our chair has been busy, attending two Amnesty Iftars in April. The first was a flagship iftar held in Mile End, supported by AIUK staff, with over 200 in attendance. Iftar is the name of the meal eaten by Muslims at sunset to break...

Several members of the Sutton Amnesty group attended a screening of the harrowing, but Oscar winning, documentary '20 Days in Mariupol'. It was good to support our Croydon Amnesty colleagues who had a table at the cinema's entrance and...

Three Sutton Amnesty members turning up for this event were perhaps surprised, but again maybe shouldn't have been, to see our own Chair leading a preliminary session encouraging London Amnesty Groups to work together. The meeting...