Mid-Devon

We're delighted that Nazanin and Anoosheh are, at last, back home from Iran with their families in the UK. We remember Morad Tahbaz, still in Iran, and urge that the authorities there allow him to return home now.

Some of our members were at the Amnesty International South West Regional Conference in Exeter on Saturday 12 March. They heard speakers on campaigning by activists, and on immigration and asylum in the UK, and then gathered for a...

Azza Soliman, Egyptian human rights lawyer, had the case against her dropped in Egypt's criminal court earlier this year, together with the travel ban and assets freeze she was under. But the ban and the freeze still have to be lifted...

At this time of year, we send cards to selected individuals and groups, who are imprisoned for lack of fair justice or other reasons, where Amnesty have deemed it's safe to do so - Amnesty's Write for Rights campaign. This Thursday...

The Mid Devon Group is meeting again next Thursday 15 July at 7.30pm - still on Zoom, though we hope to meet in person in August or September! For Zoom link information contact Heather, details on website. We look forward to our...

Amnesty Mid Devon is hosting a walk to mark Amnesty International's 60th birthday. The walk will be on Sunday 18 July, at 2pm from Tapscott House near Culmstock (EX15 3HW) - contact Neil or Ceri 01884 842460, or middevonai@gmail.com...

Our regular Amnesty Mid Devon monthly meeting continues to be on Zoom - contact Heather, details on website, if you would like to join us. The next meeting is this Thursday at 7.30pm, when we will hear from AI UK's Iran Country Co...

We were delighted when our member Sylvia Rigby, now aged 92 (as her letter says), featured as Star Letter writer in the Amnesty magazine Winter 2020 edition. Sylvia is an indefatigable campaigner and letter writer on behalf of human...

Our last blog entry before lockdown last year noted the postponement of an evening with Lesley Salter reporting on her work as an observer with EAPPI, the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, for three months in...

It's been a long time since our last AI Mid Devon Group post - but we have been active in the past year since lockdown, and like many other groups have got used to meeting by Zoom. Tomorrow evening (Thursday 21 January 7.30pm) is our...