SOUTHEND GROUP JANUARY 2016 NEWSLETTER

Our January Newsletter is attached, containing the notes of the meeting on 14th January along with details of actions relating to:

• Phyoe Phyoe Aung, Burma (Myanmar), a young student activist  imprisoned following a peaceful protest

• Women's rights in Burkina Faso - write to the President or sign an on line petition

• Human Rights in Saudi Arabia - write to the PM about arms sales (we're supplying the Saudis, who are killing innocent civillians in the Yemen), to the to the Saudi Ambassador about Raif Badawi, who is still at risk of flogging, and sign the on-line petition on behalf of Ashraf, a 35-year-old poet and artist, who is sentenced to be executed by Saudi Arabian authorities for his art