As a local group, we are monitoring the case of British-Egyptian prisoner of conscience, Alaa Abd El Fattah. In this blog post, we contextualise the circumstances of his case and summarise why his release should be treated as the...

On Saturday 5 th July and Sunday 6 th July, members of our local group attended the Amnesty Amplify Summit: AGM & National Conference. Each year, the conference is held at a different venue in the U.K. . This year, it was local to us...

Campsfield House, originally built as a prison, closed in 2018 after 25 years of detaining individuals without trial, often in inhumane and harmful conditions. The government now plans to reopen many detention centres, including...

On Saturday 21 st June, we joined Celebrating Sanctuary in marking Refugee Week. Celebrating Sanctuary are an arts-based charity, that aim to profile the artistic work of refugees in Birmingham and affirm the offering of sanctuary as a...

On Sunday 15 th June, our local group hosted Palestinian poet, Dana Dajani, and her piece ‘An Olive Branch’. This evening of Spoken Word Poetry and curated conversation is shaped by the location and attendees, with Dajani skilfully...

On Saturday 14 th June, 2025, we joined live artists, circus performers, musicians and vendors in a summer community festival for Eid. The event was organised by Soul City Arts, an organisation advocating for art as a vessel for...

On May 24 th 2025, we were delighted to join other community groups at Moseley Queer Pride in solidarity with Palestine. This was our first public event as a newly formed Amnesty group, and it felt fitting that our first act as a local...