Minehead

For International Women's Day this year we held a street stall on Minehead's main shopping street on Friday 9 March. Although one day late, we chose to do it on Friday as this is usually the busiest day in Minehead when people come...

Our annual quiz was once again a very successful and enjoyable evening. The Humber Family organised eight rounds of interesting and challenging questions, and once again generously donated the cost of the venue and prizes. The evening...

Our February newsletter starts with the exciting news that Ethiopian journalist, Eskinder Nega, has been released from prison. We have been writing letters about Eskinder, an AI prisoner of conscience, for several years so this is...

Our letter writing afternoon on 14 February was a busy session. Fifteen people came along to write letters about cases in Amnesty's Real Lives Spring edition and to respond to current Urgent Actions. Cards were also completed for the...

On Saturday 27 January, members of the Minehead Amnesty International Group joined with others to remember those who have suffered and died in genocides - such as by the Nazis against Jews and other groups; and in genocides in Cambodia...

Our January 2018 newsletter includes details of forthcoming events over the next few weeks. The first of these is a vigil, exhibition and words & music for Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January. Then on 14 February we are holding...

This year the theme of the Minehead Christmas Tree Festival was 'messages and messengers'. So this fitted well with Amnesty's Write for Rights Campaign to send messages of hope to individual prisoners of conscience and their families...

Despite cold and windy weather, a steady stream of people visited our Write for Rights event inside and outside the Avenue Methodist Church in Minehead on Friday 8 December. We had selected five campaign cases to focus on and invited...

Our December newsletter includes updates on our current campaigns, actions you can take this month and diary dates for the next three months. December and January are busy with the Christmas Tree Festival, our Write for Rights coffee...

Our November newsletter includes reports of our latest letter writing afternoon and also our October group meeting, when we had a training session on Amnesty's new global campaign - Brave. This campaign seeks to strengthen the...