Welcome to the St Albans group of Amnesty International.

We currently alternate between meeting online (via Zoom) and in person at Friends Meeting House (7 Upper Lattimore Road, St Albans, AL1 3UD) every first Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm. If you would like to join us, please contact our secretary Louise Chick for more details.

Some of the members have been working for AIUK for many years (all members are volunteers) but some have joined recently.

At each meeting, campaign actions, referred to groups by AIUK, are introduced. Background details are circulated for the writing of individual campaign letters at home and there are usually campaign letters for the group to sign jointly, including an action relating to the current month. There is discussion of current political and human rights issues and of fund-raising for AIUK. We have monthly guest speakers.

The group has adopted certain human rights areas for continuous attention and individual group members look after individual areas.

The group aims to:

• campaign with letter writing and lobbying

• raise local awareness about human rights

• organise events and stalls

• fundraise

The present members hold office in the group:

Chair:                 Rotates through experienced members

Secretary:          Louise Chick

Treasurer:          Maria Foster

Media Officer:    Judy Jacques

If you decide to stay with the group there is a small annual group subscription, which at present is £20 waged and £5 unwaged.

Amnesty International UK campaigns which this group acts upon:

Anti Death Penalty Project 

Women's Rights

Children's Human Rights

Human Rights in the UK 

Refugees

Syria

Turkey 

Israel/Palestine 

Gulf States 

Mexico & Central America 

North America & Caribbean 

China and East Asia

Our adopted individuals at risk / case file: 

Women's human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia