We also sent 33 letters; 15 letters to United Arab Emirates and 18 to Brazil. A few of us attended a talk by Jim and Tabitha Ross (husband and wife team) about their work with the SYRIA CAMPAIGN, hosted by West Wilts Amnesty group on 30th August. The campaign is an independent advocacy group campaigning for a peaceful and democratic future for Syria. The talk was both an informative and heart wrenching account of the current situation in Syria. Watch out for a film soon to be released on Netflix called White Helmets’. ‘The West Wiltshire group are planning to show this film. I’ll keep you posted! For more information and to sign up to the email list for the Syria campaign, please go to September We joined Facebook! – We set up a Facebook group… So please like us, share us and subscribe to our events to hear about all upcoming group actions and events. We also held a letter signing stall and book sale just outside M&S on Saturday 24th September. November Refugee play – We held an awareness raising stall at the play Me and the Distance between us’ and sent 8 ‘You, letters to Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, urging her to take a lead in Europe and to welcome our fair share of refugees. December Write for Rights – We held a Write for Rights letter and card signing stall in the Foyer of the Cheese and Grain on Saturday 12th November and again on Saturday 10th December (Human Rights day). This year we focused our efforts on 6 individuals: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (a British-Iranian citizen), Mahmoud Abu Zeid (Egypt), Eren Kesken (Turkey), Ilham Tohti (China), Annie Alfred (Malawi) and Johan Teterissa (Indonesia). In total we sent 59 cards to these 6 people and 57 letters to the authorities. We also sold all packs of our Amnesty Christmas cards. What a year! In total we have sent 337 letters! That’s nearly 1 letter for each day of the year! (and that’s not including the messages of solidarity written on cards, bunting and balloons!) Thank you everyone for all your support. Hopefully this has whet your appetite for more human rights campaigning in 2017 and with that in mind…. Save the dates! Saturday 21st January
We also sent 33 letters; 15 letters to United Arab Emirates and 18 to Brazil. A few of us attended a talk by Jim and Tabitha Ross (husband and wife team) about their work with the SYRIA CAMPAIGN, hosted by West Wilts Amnesty group on 30th August. The campaign is an independent advocacy group campaigning for a peaceful and democratic future for Syria. The talk was both an informative and heart wrenching account of the current situation in Syria. Watch out for a film soon to be released on Netflix called ‘The White Helmets’. West Wiltshire group are planning to show this film. I’ll keep you posted! For more information and to sign up to the email list for the Syria campaign, please go to September – We joined Facebook! We set up a Facebook group… So please like us, share us and subscribe to our events to hear about all upcoming group actions and events. We also held a letter signing stall and book sale just outside M&S on Saturday 24th September. November – Refugee play We held an awareness raising stall at the play ‘You, Me and the Distance between us’ and sent 8 letters to Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, urging her to take a lead in Europe and to welcome our fair share of refugees. December – Write for Rights We held a Write for Rights letter and card signing stall in the Foyer of the Cheese and Grain on Saturday 12th November and again on Saturday 10th December (Human Rights day). This year we focused our efforts on 6 individuals: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (a British-Iranian citizen), Mahmoud Abu Zeid (Egypt), Eren Kesken (Turkey), Ilham Tohti (China), Annie Alfred (Malawi) and Johan Teterissa (Indonesia). In total we sent 59 cards to these 6 people and 57 letters to the authorities. We also sold all packs of our Amnesty Christmas cards. What a year! In total we have sent 337 letters! That’s nearly 1 letter for each day of the year! (and that’s not including the messages of solidarity written on cards, bunting and balloons!) Thank you everyone for all your support. Hopefully this has whet your appetite for more human rights campaigning in 2017 and with that in mind…. Save the dates! Saturday 21st January