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Three Sutton Amnesty members turning up for this event were perhaps surprised, but again maybe shouldn't have been, to see our own Chair leading a preliminary session encouraging London Amnesty Groups to work together. The meeting...
Our group staged a very successful carol singing event in mid-December at Sutton Station, which everyone enjoyed – including the commuters, apparently! A total of 18 of us participated. Thanks should go to our allies from The Friends...
Our December meeting focused on our participation in Amnesty International's 2023 Write for Rights Campaign. In aggregate we wrote almost 70 cards to the individuals covered. Write for Rights also looks back to those people included in...
Two of our Sutton Amnesty members attended Croydon Amnesty's Lindy Hop dance on November 25th. This was great fun! A professional dance couple took everyone through some basic "moves" for the first hour, making sure that after each...
Several marches were attended by members of our Sutton group, as well as Amnesty activists from the Anti-Racist Network, the Feminist Network and other London Region groups. The biggest turnout of Amnesty members was for the 11...
We were very fortunate to receive a talk from Makomborero Haruzivishe ('Mako'). Mako had been a human rights and democracy campaigner in Zimbabwe since 2011 but came to the UK in 2021. He rose to prominence as Secretary General of...
We had a well-attended and much enjoyed dinner on 19 October. Many thanks to Heen's for accommodating us and an excellent meal.
Our online meeting heard an excellent presentation on Guatemala from Pauline Uyterwijk-Crosfield, Amnesty UK country coordinator for Guatemala and Nicaragua. Background: Guatemala has a population of about 17.25 million of whom 41% are...
Nabila Hanson (Amnesty UK regional coordinator for China and East Asia and Country coordinator for China and Taiwan) and Howard Zhang (seasoned China watcher with long spells at both the BBC World Service and as BBC News Chinese Editor...
The Carshalton EcoFair 2023 took place on Bank Holiday Monday, 28 August 2023, and was both very successful and enjoyable. Thank you to AnnaRita, Ayako, Bev, Clive, Marcela, Richard, Sima and Wayne for their enormous contribution and...