Truro & District

Minutes from the meeting on 14 December 2023. The group discussed the Christmas Stalls, Write for Rights and Human Rights day.

This meeting was on 9 November 2023 and included an online talk from AI Country Coordinators on the Human Rights challenges in North Africa and their role.

Minutes from Amnesty and District on 12 October 2022

At our September meeting Georgie reported that in Mexico, the attorney general has been arrested for the murder/disappearance of the 43 students, along with some 80 other arrests. Chris had an urgent action on behalf of a Palestinian...

This meeting included a talk by Jessica McGarty who had recently returned from Ecumenical Accompaniment in Masafer Yatta (South Hebron Hills, in occupied Palestine).

Minutes from our June 2022 meeting including updates on regional campaigns and planning for future meetings.

The May 2022 meeting included future planning for the Mayor's Charity event on 14 May, the street collection in 28 May, Truro Pride and the AIUK AGM on 25 June.

At our meeting in April we heard a t alk by Linda Ramsden of the Israeli Committee against Home Demolitions: Linda outlined the devastating effect of the vast numbers of home demolitions of Palestinian homes. Our next meeting is Wed 11...

Our meeting in March included a talk on Human Rights Issues in the UK by Laura Trevelyan. Laura focused on two main issues, the Policing Bill, which is now in its final stages, with worrying clauses on banning ‘noisy’ demonstrations...

Minutes from the meeting on 9 February 2022 which included a talk on Russia from Barrie Hay (country coordinator), Barrie spoke about the dangers to people who opposed the regime and Human Rights defenders.