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Croydon Amnesty International-Report of Year-February 2024/January 2025 It has been a busy year. We have had three meetings with a speaker. In February, Reem Abi Hayyeh presented to us the key findings of Amnesty’s research on the...

On 14th December we were at Croydon Central library asking people to sign cards, as part of Amnesty's annual Write for Rights campaign. We have already seen that campaign bear fruit with Neth Nahara in Angola being freed during the...

We organised a social dance in November to promote the local Amnesty group. It was a great opportunity to have fun, learn some dance steps, campaign for human rights and enjoy some great Turkish food. The event was themed around...

In September we had stalls featuring our group, at Freshers Fairs, at both Coulsdon and Croydon Colleges. In these stalls, we campaign for the current Urgent Actions, and increase awareness in human right campaign and recruit new...

As a group we meet in every month. In August, rather than a meeting, we had a meal out at Galicia in Croydon. A good time was had by all! These activities are organised for members to get together, to share thoughts and events.

In July, Croydon Amnesty joined the Pride march in central Croydon. The night before we hosted an event, presented by Ice and Fire Theatre Company/Actors for Human Rights, called "This is Who I Am", which explored the stories of LGBTQI...

It has been a busy year. We have had five meetings with a speaker

We’ve had a busy summer with stalls at Croydon Pride, Croydon Mela and the Folk and Blues Day at Ruskin House. In August we had a picnic for members in Lloyd Park near the tree that we planted for a Syrian Prisoner of Conscience on his...

Dear Croydon Amnesty Member Thanks to all those who attended on Wednesday 12th July 2023 and made it a really enjoyable afternoon. Special thanks go to those who made and contributed such lovely cakes. We raised £191.50 Hope to see you...

Our Chair and Secretary attended to Faith Together in Croydon Big Picnic in Park Hill Park on Monday, bank holiday. We had a stall with our actions and there has been some interest in our actions and meeting in Croydon Local MP Sarah...