To briefly summarise our finances over the past 12 months:

Dear Friends,

The Group’s annual “Write for Rights" event was held this year at Hockley & Hawkwell Methodist Church in Main Road Hockley on Sunday 9th December.

Amnesty's East Anglia Regional Conference took place at the Friends Meeting House in Cambridge on 1st December 2012. Martin and Sonia attended on behalf of the Southend group.

Please get involved in Write for Rights, what used to be the Greeting Card Campaign, our annual card and letter writing event:

Attached you'll find minutes of our last group meeting.

Young Women for Change (YWC) is a grassroots feminist movement with the aim of empowering and improving the lives of women across Afghanistan.

Fundraising Indian meal at: The Taj Mahal, 77, Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Monday 19th November, 7:00pm for 7:30pm - £15

The latest news from Beverley Foulks-Jones (Amnesty UK's North African Regional Co-ordinator):

Those present - Richard, Maureen, Steve, Doug, Mu and Mike were at the meeting and we had apologies from Audrey, Tricia, Julian, Cherry and Heidrun.