Banbury

Over 2 million people have fled the conflict in Syria over the last two years. Another 4.25 million are displaced within Syria, homeless from war, but trapped inside a war zone.

With all the current talk about intervention in Syria Amnesty's position can be found here

We continue to send letters to the Turkish authorities in particular the Minister for Jusice and the Minister of Interior Affairs as well as the Turkisk Ambassador but we have received no replies s

Our regular monthly meeting takes place on Monday 16 September at 8pm at 23 Colegrave Road, Bloxham OX15 4NT (please note this is not our usual second Monday of the month, a

The sun shined and crowds came out for our annual fundraising Garden Party. The hot and sunny day resulted in a real party atmosphere.

Our next monthly meeting is Monday 8 July at 8pm at Little Bennetts, Rose Bank, Bloxham OX15 4NA (please note change of venue for this meeting). All are very welcome.

It will be great to see you at our Annual Garden Party, which takes place at Little Bennetts, Rose Bank, Bloxham OX15 4NA on Sat 13 July from 2.30-4.30pm .

The Law Gazette has an interesting article on the difficulties facing Turkish lawyers and mentions the arrest of 15 human rights lawyers including Ferhat Gercek's laywer in March 2013.

Protests in Turkey are likely to continue to escalate unless authorities engage in meaningful discussions with activists, Amnesty International said after riot police this morning once again used t

The case against our adopted individual Ferhat Gerçek is proceeding very slowly. There is a petition asking the Government to bring Ferhat's case to the attention of the Turkish authorities.