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We celebrated the successful conclusion of the 2024 Write for Rights campaign with cake and coffee! This year we wrote cards in support of Maryi Kalesnikava from Belarus, Manahel al-Otaibi from Saudi Arabia, Professor Sebnem Korur...
Reuters news agency is reporting the encouraging news that jailed Belarusian dissident Maria Kalesnikava, a key figure in the opposition movement to President Alexander Lukashenko, was permitted to meet her father on Tuesday, the first...
This year Stratford on Avon Amnesty group has joined hundreds of Amnesty supporters around the world by taking part in the annual Write for Rights Campaign . In a world where our basic human rights are increasingly under threat, there...
All welcome to join us for the launch of the 2024 Write for Rights Campaign on 6th November at 7.00 p.m. at The Friends' Meeting House, 37 Maidenhead Road, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6XT. We will announce the prisoners of conscious we...
Some good news at last! Members will remember the case of Sasha Skochilenko, the Russian human rights activist who was one of our Write for Rights cases in 2022. Her ingenious way of protesting against her country's invasion of Ukraine...
There is an opportunity to hear a conversation between Mona Self, a sister of Aala Abdel Fattah and Sacha Deshmuk, Amnesty's UK Chief Executive at the Human Rights Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA on Tuesday 22nd October...
It's that time of year again when we launch our annual Write for Rights Campaign. This will take place on 6th November at 7.00 p.m. at The Friends' Meeting House, 37 Maidenhead Road, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6XT. All very welcome and...
We were humbled and moved to hear the stories of strength and fortitude shared with us by a group of Ukrainian women who have found safety and new lives here in Stratford on Avon after fleeing war in their home country. The group has...
Despite completing his unjust five year sentence in prison in Egypt, Alaa Abdel Fattah has not been released, this is in contravention of the Egyptian constitution. He has not been released, the authorities have counted the five years...