UK: STOP EXPLOSIVE INVESTMENTS

UK banks are investing in cluster bomb producers. Barclays, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland together provide loans and investments to the tune of £800 million, according to a report released by fellow Cluster Munition Coalition members. This means that some of the UK’s most prominent high street banks are providing some form of financial support to these shameful and indiscriminate weapons.

UKRAINE: Musician and social activist, Igor Koktysh, is being held in Ukraine and is facing extradition to Belarus, where he could be executed on trumped-up charges. Take action

AMNESTEA: Throw an AmnesTea party this December and get your friends and community together to drink tea and raise money for human rights. Join in today

EVENT: Troy Davis has been on death row since 1991 for a murder he maintains he did not commit. Troy's family and Richard Hughes (from Keane) are visiting Amnesty to talk about his case. Book now

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