Minehead

Our latest letter writing session took place on the afternoon of Thursday 5 October at Townsend House, Minehead. 70 letters were written, thanks to the hard work of local Amnesty members and supporters. We were writing letters about...

August and September were busy months for our Minehead Group, and our latest newsletter includes write-ups of our stall at Allerford Fair, the group's summer social event, and the fund-raising concert. Also included is an account of...

On the afternoon of Sunday 17 September the Minehead Group was delighted to host a wonderful lecture-recital entitled 'In search of "Ol' Man River" - the life and music of Paul Robeson' . Arwell Huw Morgan (bass) sang songs which...

Our August newsletter includes reports of our AmnesTEA on 8 July and our July group meeting. At the meeting we watched two video clips - one was about the human rights abuses suffered by women asylum seekers in UK detention centres and...

Our 2017 AmnesTEA was a happy event and everyone enjoyed drinking tea and eating cake in Karen and Graham's beautiful garden in Porlock. Takings were £148 including gate money, a raffle and sale of books. Thanks to everyone who helped...

Our July newsletter includes reports of our successful event for the Great Get Together on 17 June when we gave out flowers and cakes to passers-by and invited them to send a card to Brendan Cox, husband of MP Jo Cox who was murdered a...

During Refugee Week, on Thursday 22 June, the Minehead Amnesty International Group showed the award-winning film 'Fire at Sea' directed by Gianfranco Rosi. We also displayed an Amnesty International photo exhibition on refugees. We...

Our June 2017 newsletter includes reports of our latest letter writing afternoon and of our May group meeting. Our chair, Alison Dietz, attended the launch in London on 16 May of the new global campaign - 'Human Rights Defenders under...

On Friday 19 May 10 people joined us at some part of the afternoon to write letters on human right cases featured in Amnesty's 'Real Lives' booklet. 59 letters were written in total, covering all nine people in the leaflet. Later the...

Our May newsletter contains a list of actions you can take this month, as well as a list of forthcoming events. April was a busy month for the group and we report on the opening of the art exhibition at Toucan, the annual quiz and a...