June Meeting

We met for our June letter-writing session on Tuesday (21^st).

We wrote letters about the following cases:

Thailand:            

Two women on hunger strike are demanding the right to bail after being detained for conducting street  polls.

Iran:                      

Tortured Swedish-Iranian academic, arbitrarily detained in Evin prison, is at risk of imminent execution.

Egypt:                  

British national and activist for human rights targeted for his activism and sentenced after grossly unfair trial – life at risk.

Colombia:          

Appeal (to Colombian government) for better protection for environmental defenders in central Colombia after recent attacks.