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Country Coordinator forum

The Country Coordinator forum is a group of volunteers who help lead Amnesty UK’s country-focused human rights work. Country Coordinators share updates, plan actions, and support local groups and activists to campaign for people and communities at risk. Use the contact details on this page to get in touch with the right coordinator for your country or area of interest.

Current Country Coordinator forum

The forum is led by the Chair and Vice Chairs of the forum:

Chair:
Haleema Naz, [email protected]

Vice-Chairs:
Motaz Amer, [email protected]
Clara Candat-Bazile, [email protected]

Names in italic - These are new Country Coordinators. Please be patient.
Names with * Regional Team Coordinator

North America & Caribbean: Show

Cuba:
Mark Arnold: [email protected]

North America:
Lise Rossi, [email protected]

Haiti & The Dominican Republic, English Speaking Caribbean: 
Kamran Jatoi, [email protected]

Central America: Show

Mexico:
Xavier Wiltshire, [email protected]

Nicaragua & Guatemala:
Morgan Paulett, [email protected]

El Salvador & Honduras:
Sheila Royce*, [email protected]

South America: Show

Colombia, Brazil:
Carolina Beresford, [email protected]

Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay:
Graham Minter*, [email protected]

Venezuela:
James Baird, [email protected]

Argentina & Chile*:
David Rogers, [email protected]

Europe: Show

Turkey:
Chris Ramsey*, [email protected]

Western & Northern Europe:
Jovana Bosnjak, [email protected]

Balkans:
Ulrike Schmidt, [email protected]

Central Europe:
Lucja Jastrzebska, [email protected]

United Kingdom:
Elena Fowler, [email protected]

Former Soviet Union: Show

Russia:
Barrie Hay*, [email protected]

Russia (Gender, Sexuality, Identity focus):
Katya Amott, [email protected]

Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine:
Anna Dzhavaha – [email protected]

Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan:
Julie Ward, [email protected]

South Caucuses:
Fuad Babayev, [email protected]

China & East Asia: Show

China and Taiwan:
Nabila Hanson* [email protected]
Emily Upson, [email protected]

Mongolia:
Paul Wong, [email protected]

North and South Korea:
Kenny Latunde-Dada, [email protected]
Clara Candat Bazile, [email protected]

Japan:
Akane Matsumoto, [email protected]

Hong Kong:
Andrew Shum, [email protected]
Eric Lai, [email protected]

South East Asia: Show

Burma/Myanmar:
Ruby Moe, [email protected]

Laos, Thailand:
Daniel Lewis, [email protected]

Indonesia, Timor L’est, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands
Benicio Gorga*, [email protected]

Malaysia and Singapore:

Philippines and Cambodia:
Saffron Baldoza, [email protected]

Philippines and Vietnam:

South Asia: Show

Pakistan: 
Irfan Ali, [email protected]

Afghanistan & The Maldives: 
Faissal Sharif, [email protected]

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:
Jerry Allen, [email protected]

India:
Cherry Bird*, [email protected]

Nepal:
Will Beaumont,[email protected]

Middle East & Gulf: Show

Syria:
John Elo, [email protected]

Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territory:
Mariam Torres, [email protected]
Jack Farrar*, [email protected]

Jordan and Lebanon: 
Hibbeh Al-Obaidi, [email protected]
Eva Hachem, [email protected]

Qatar, Oman, UAE:
(recruiting)

Saudi Arabia:
Richard Kotter, [email protected]

Yemen:
Motaz Amer, [email protected]

Iran:
(recruiting)

Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq:
Haleema Naz, [email protected]

North Africa Show

Algeria, Libya:
Lia Faber, [email protected]

Morocco, Western Sahara and Tunisia:
Beverley Foulkes-Jones*, [email protected]

Egypt:

West & Central Africa: Show

Republic of Congo, Liberia, Rwanda, Burundi and Cameroon:
*Lisa Incledon, [email protected]

Niger, Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra Leone:
Abraham Babalola, [email protected]

Central African Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal:
(recruiting)

Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Ghana & Democratic Republic of the Congo:
(recruiting)

Horn & East Africa: Show

Eritrea, Uganda:
Alex Jackson, [email protected]

Ethiopia, Kenya:
Claire Wambugu, [email protected]

Tanzania, Sudan, South Sudan, Chad:
Esmeralda Gambelli*, [email protected]

Somalia:
Osman Ahmed, [email protected]

Southern Africa: Show

Angola, Mozambique, Madagascar:
(recruiting)

South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini:
Nandi Luneta, [email protected]

Zimbabwe, Namibia and Malawi:
Mark Clixby*, [email protected]

Zambia and Botswana:
Shazia Tariq, [email protected]

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