We don’t meet in August, so our next letter-writing evening will be 8pm – 10pm on Tuesday 20 th September at 3 London Road, Saffron Walden. Also, please put our Amnesty Street Collection day, Saturday 1 st October , in your diary and...

19th July - Thanks to the 5 others who joined Paul and me to write action letters on Tuesday evening despite the extraordinary heat. The letters written will be sent off, along with the ones signed at the Garden Party.

On 17th July, Saffron Walden Amnesty Group held their annual summer social event, The Wi ne and Cheese Garden Party. As you can see from the photograph, this is always a nicely informal and enjoyable gathering offering the chance to...

We met for our June letter-writing session on Tuesday (21 st ). We wrote letters about the following cases: Thailand: Two women on hunger strike are demanding the right to bail after being detained for conducting street polls. Iran...

On 17th May, we wrote letters concerning the following cases: Romania: Ukrainian refugee Amina Gerikhanova , a Chechen national who had lived in Ukraine since 2016, and fled to Romania after the Russian invasion, is facing extradition...

We wrote letters about the following cases in April: Slovenia: Slovenian theatre director Jaša Jenull facing exorbitant claims to cover the costs associated with policing protests he attended but did not organise - a dangerous...

Another great evening’s letter-writing on 15th March. 23 letters + 23 cc/s to embassies were written about: Colombia – environmental defenders at risk Morocco – an ethnic Uyghur at risk of extradition to China Singapore – appeal...

Action: Letter writing We met on Tuesday 15 th February to write letters about the following cases: CHINA : Gao Zhisheng, a former prisoner of conscience and human rights lawyer, is subject to enforced disappearance. No information...

Write for Rights card campaign Our various sessions in town were extremely successful considering the circumstances. Many thanks to those who helped facilitate these in the County High School Sixth Form, St Mary’s Parish Church...