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Sutton Amnesty have continued to be active on the case of dual Egyptian-British national Alaa Abdel Fattah under Barbara's lead. Barbara, together with Graham and Richard, attended a vigil in support of Alaa outside the Foreign Office...
Sutton Amnesty were alerted to the screening of a very powerful BBC documentary called "Inside the Iranian Uprising", broadcast on 29 June 2023. In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian girl, Mahsa Amini , died in police custody. She...
Our Chair attended the Amnesty International UK AGM at the AIUK Office in London on 24 June and presented a motion asking the AIUK Board to put more resource into supporting local AI groups , particularly those that are struggling...
On June 19th, Graham, Lyndon and John attended a protest at the UAE embassy and subsequently its consulate in London. A petition was handed in to support those imprisoned in the UAE including Sutton Amnesty's other Prisoner of...
Ayako, Graham, Mark and Richard ran a Sutton Amnesty letter-writing stall at Sutton High School for Girl's 'Suttonbury Rights Festival'. We had a lot of interest from pupils and staff, signing up several new members. A number of them...
Afghanistan We had a very good turnout to support Sutton Amnesty member Sultan Mahmoodi talking to us about Afghanistan. Sultan spoke movingly about his own departure with his family from Afghanistan after the Taliban took over in...
March of 1998 saw a major event in the history of the group. In conjunction with Sutton Council a plaque was unveiled close to Peacocks in Sutton High Street by the Mayor of Sutton, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United...
Our next meeting will take place on Monday 5 June 2023, 20.00 – 22.00 at the Friends Meeting House, 10 Cedar Road, Sutton SM2 5DA, just a few minutes walk from Sutton station. This is a hybrid meeting, so people can join the meeting...
Our online Sutton Amnesty meeting in May dealt with Iran. It was attended by 37 Amnesty supporters including representation from Sutton Amnesty and 6 other groups. Our chair had assembled a cast of three excellent speakers who each...
We meet on the 1st Monday* (2nd if the 1st is a bank holiday) of each month, except August, from 7.30pm-9.30pm. We meet in the Library of the Friends Meeting House, 10 Cedar Road, Sutton SM2 5DA, just a few minutes walk from Sutton...