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On a wet Tuesday evening, several members from our Sutton group joined the Beckenham , Penge & West Wickham Amnesty group for a campaigning event in West Penge. We decorated several cut-out keys, which will be sent with a letter to the...
Sutton group member Barbara attended "An Evening With Refugee Tales " on 8 July at Holy Trinity Church, Wallington and heard personal stories from two refugees about their challenges in trying to settle in Britain. They told of their...
This was the first attendance of Sutton Amnesty at the Banstead Rotary Fair (the opportunity having been identified as part of our recent 'Community Mapping' exercise). It was a relatively small event but we nevertheless managed to get...
"In prison you count down the number of days, in a detention centre you count up” At our July meeting we were very pleased to welcome Mary Barrett who talked about her volunteer work with the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group , (GDWG)...
Boiling hot days seem to be mandatory for the annual outdoor Sutton High School for Girls Human Rights Fair ( Suttonbury 2024 ). Mark and Aya from Sutton Amnesty were ideally positioned this year - partly in the shade and right next to...
Our Chair attended this year’s AIUK AGM in Sheffield, on behalf of the Sutton Group (and as the newly appointed London Region Activism Representative). The AGM was a one-day event, which was originally scheduled to last for two days...
Dr Al-Roken and the UAE 84 Our group has been involved in meetings with other Amnesty groups campaigning on behalf of prisoners in the UAE. Our Chair was able to give feedback on the UAE 84 trial involving Dr Mohammed al-Roken . This...
Sutton Amnesty once again participated in a Gaza Ceasefire march in Central London on 18 May 2024. Other Amnesty activists from the Anti-Racist Network, the Feminist Network and other London Region groups also attended. Amnesty’s...
Our Chair attended an Amnesty-organised event in Parliament Square commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. This was well attended, with about 250-300 people, mostly Chinese and Hong Kongers. Sacha Deshmukh...