Dear Amnesty Activists and supporters

Please find attached our latest Newsletter. Human Rights are under threat even more than before but sometimes there are some good news: Our Europe country coordinator team has been enriched by our newest member : little Petar, born just before Christmas to our wonderful Western Europe coordinator Jovana.

There is also some good news from Turkiye : three of the GEZI defendants have been acquitted. And in Greece court proceedings into the action of the Greek coastguard regarding the deaths of over 600 people are slowly progressing. Campaigning works, but Greek civil society who are pushing for justice for the victims of the Pylos shipwreck need our solidarity. I will be back with proposed actions soon. A new report into surveillance and suppression of civil society in Serbia makes disturbing reading, and I am in conversation with the International Secretariat on campaigning guidelines.

And most importantly, please take Urgent Action  for Nimet Tanrikulu who has been imprisoned on baseless accusations.

And as always : Please contact us for further information, visits, talks….

For Turkiye :  Chris Ramsey  chris.ramsey@amnesty.org.uk

For Central Europe : Lucja Jastrebzka  Lucja.Jastrzebska@amnesty.org.uk

For Western  and Northern Europe : Jovana Bosnjak   Jovana.Bosnjak@amnesty.org.uk

For South East Europe and Balkans: Ulrike Schmidt Ulrike.schmidt@amnesty.org.uk