Swindon & Marlborough

Our September meeting was action-packed, with letters and petitions signed on the death penalty, human rights issues in Tunisia and protection for asylum-seeking women in the UK.

This was the third year that we had a stall at Swindon Pride, but the first time that we took part in the parade, suitably festooned with Amnesty placards, balloons and stickers.

We had hardly got going with our campaigning for our new Burmese prisoner of conscience, Khun Kawrio, when we received the news that he had been released.

June has been a busy month. Sunday 10th saw our inaugural Amnesty Group Walk and picnic at Coate Water in Swindon.

Our focus in May has been on the final push of the campaign for a strong, effective and internationally binding Arms Trade Treaty.

The theme of this year’s National Conference and AGM was “The Bulletproof Conference”, reflecting the strong focus on the Control Arms campaign as we move towards the final negoti

Our group celebrated International Women’s Day by listening to a recording of the first of the two Reith Lectures, delivered by Aung San Suu Kyi in June of l

Campaigning areas for the year ahead: It was agreed to sign up for all 3 main campaigns for 2012:

11 January 2012 marks ten years since the first detainee were transferred to the US detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.