Thank you to Mark Jones for an excellent talk on the current human rights situation in Turkey.

If democracy and political Islam can't coexist and thrive in Ankara, is there no hope for the rest of the Middle East?

Our regular meeting takes place on Monday 12 May at 23 Colegrave Road, Bloxham OX15 4NT at 8pm.

November 2014 update: You can now sign an online petition asking for justice for Alfreda here:

Amnesty International's response to the recent deaths in Turkey. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR44/012/2014/en/a144863e-6c5f…

The legal basis against torture has been clearly established for many decades. It stems from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 .

There has been wide media coverage of the launch of Amnesty's campaign to Stop Torture. Here is a selection of links to the many articles.

The Bloxham Group have signed up to the wordwide Amnesty campaign to Stop Torture.

Over 240 schoolgirls are still missing, weeks after they were abducted from their school by armed militant group Boko Haram.