Nabila Hanson (Amnesty UK regional coordinator for China and East Asia and Country coordinator for China and Taiwan) and Howard Zhang (seasoned China watcher with long spells at both the BBC World Service and as BBC News Chinese Editor...

Our online meeting heard an excellent presentation on Guatemala from Pauline Uyterwijk-Crosfield, Amnesty UK country coordinator for Guatemala and Nicaragua. Background: Guatemala has a population of about 17.25 million of whom 41% are...

We were very fortunate to receive a talk from Makomborero Haruzivishe ('Mako'). Mako had been a human rights and democracy campaigner in Zimbabwe since 2011 but came to the UK in 2021. He rose to prominence as Secretary General of...

Our January 2024 meeting kicked off with guest speaker Oliver Feeley-Sprague. Oliver is Amnesty International UK's Programme Director for its work on arms controls and policing. His talk covered a number of areas including Arms Control...

We were extremely fortunate to have a talk from Sutton Amnesty member James Baird, who is also the Amnesty UK Country Coordinator for Venezuela. James mentioned significant issues as being an economic crisis including phenomenal levels...

Our March talk focused on Russia, a mere 17 days after the shocking death of Alexei Navalny. It is a challenge to stay positive in such circumstances, so we were fortunate to have Iona Fletcher, one of two Amnesty UK Country...

At our April meeting John, Lyndon and Anne from the Sutton Amnesty group gave a presentation about their work with the charity, Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton, (RMNS). RMNS has been in existence for an impressive 34 years in Sutton...

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...

Sutton Amnesty once again participated in a Gaza Ceasefire march in Central London on 18 May 2024. Other Amnesty activists from the Anti-Racist Network, the Feminist Network and other London Region groups also attended. Amnesty’s...

Our Chair attended an Amnesty-organised event in Parliament Square commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. This was well attended, with about 250-300 people, mostly Chinese and Hong Kongers. Sacha Deshmukh...