Our next meeting will be on Thursday, May 9 at the Twickenham Club, 7, Church Street, Twickenham, TW1 3NJ. As usual, we will meet from 8pm until 9.30pm.

Our speaker this month will be Amnesty's Country Coordinator for Egypt, Hugh Sandeman, who will tell us how Mahmoud Abu Zeid, otherwise known as Shawkan, has been getting on since his release. Hugh will also be able to update us on human rights generally in Egypt and the good news that another prisoner of conscience, Hanan Badr el-Din has recently been freed.

Nancy El Shatoury will give us feedback about Amnesty's 2019 AGM.