Banbury

It has been a ghastly year for the media, as we look back on World Press Freedom Day.

Our May meeting will be on Monday 11 May at 8pm at 23 Colegrave Road, Bloxham OX15 4NT .

Syrian conflict

From http://www.humanrightseurope.org

Journalists are being intimidated and imprisoned, while government-friendly moguls are given lucrative contracts. The free media is on the verge of extinction.

This week in our weekly round up of human rights news from around the world: chemical weapons used in Syria and Iraq, Missouri execute mentally ill man, Pakistan give stay of execution to child-off

Our next monthly meeting will be on Monday 20 April 8pm at 23 Colgreave Road, Bloxham. As well as working our way through the monthly pack of action requests and communications fro

At the end of January 2014, Dimitri Bulatov’s bloody and battered body was thrown from a car into the freezing temperatures of a forest just outside of Kiev. He had been missing for days.

Our March meeting will be on Monday 9 March at 8pm at 23 Colegrave Road, Bloxham OX15 4NT. As well as working our way through the monthly pack of actions and letters from

Saman Naseem was just 17 when he was arrested for being a member of an opposition group in Iran. He is due to be hanged at dawn on Thursday 19 February.