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29/01/2019

Amnesty International’s famous Wells Pub Quiz is back! Amnesty International Wells Group is holding a pub quiz on Sat 9th Feb, 7pm. Teams of 4 only £2.50!!

29/01/2019

Hi all, we have decided that our group focus for 2019 is going to be Israel, Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/thank-you-acting-help-ban-israeli-settlement-goods

3 key areas
1. A ban on the import of Israeli settlement goods

2. The Refugee Family Reunion Bill

3. A ban on the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia.

In all cases we will be putting pressure on M.P.s to support these campaigns! Watch this space

Many thanks to the tens of thousands of you who took action to ban Israeli settlement goods. We had an incredible response.

29/01/2019

Thank you to everyone who came to sign letters at the recent Write for Rights action at the Cheese and Grain.
We sent a total of 60 letters and 45 cards in support of human rights activists! We focused on female activists and the ones we supported were:

Nonhle Mbthuma in South Africa - defending her community’s land rights against a mining corporation

Geraldine Chacon in Venezuela – youth worker

Atena Daemi in Iran – jailed for human rights work

Mariella Franco in Brazil – assassinated for human rights work as a councillor.

We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.

09/07/2018

Thank you Amnesty International - Children's Human Rights for joining us to talk to Frome's young people about standing up for children's rights at the Frome Children's Festival. It was a great day!

30/06/2018

Delighted to announce we will be joined by the fabulous young people of the Amnesty International - Children's Human Rights at the Children's Festival on July 8th. Together we will be running fun crafts and activities for kids. Helping them think about the importance of sticking up for people whose voices aren't being heard.

Please come and join us!

12/05/2018

Fantastic day in Frome town centre today. Lots of support for our campaigns for human rights journalists in China and Kazakhstan imprisoned for speaking out. 40 letters sent- they will make a difference!

02/02/2018

'Medecins Sans Frontieres in Syria' Talk at Salisbury Cathedral, Sunday 18th February 2018, 12.00 - 13.00, free

This sounds like an amazing opportunity to hear from someone with real insight into the humanitarian disaster in Syria.
Talk by Edward Armstrong - Sunday, 18 February at 12 noon in the Trinity Chapel

Talk by Edward Armstrong - Sunday, 18 February at 12 noon in the Trinity Chapel'The Syrian Arab spring started as a peaceful protest for a more inclusive political system. After six years of civil war, the involvement of regional and international powers and the rise of Islamic State those ambitions...

09/12/2017

If you missed the write for rights event in the Cheese and Grain today but would like to send a message then click on the link below or copy and paste it into your web browser and type in your message (or use the one suggested by Amnesty that’s already there) and fill in your details and click ‘Send it’

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/write-for-rights/action/shackelia-jackson-jamaica

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/write-for-rights/action/Dr-Mudawi-Ibrahim-Adam-Sudan

Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam has been repeatedly targeted by Sudanese authorities for exposing abuses. Send a message of support

09/12/2017

What a great morning. I had a lovely time volunteering on the stall . Felt overwhelmed by the generosity of the kind folk of Frome 😊
Loads of people stopped by to write messages of hope , friendship , support and solidarity .
It was lovely to see Cathy, Tessa, Judy and Claire .
Tessa you did a fantastic job of getting people to
come over to the stall . You explain what it’s all about so articulately but succinctly - much better than I could.
Looking forward to seeing you all at our next event, Nadine 😀

23/11/2017

Thanks to all helpers and supporters of our November Write for Rights stall at the Cheese and Grain. Visitors to the stall signed a total of 29 cards - 16 to women's human rights defender Azza Soliman in Egypt and 13 to Palestinian human rights defenders Issa Amro and Farid Al-Atrash in Palestine. If you missed out this time, we have another session coming up on 9th December, or send a message via the Amnesty website: www.amnesty.org.uk/write. Together, we are powerful!

19/11/2017

Please sign and share this petition thank you 👍

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is in prison in Iran, but has never committed a crime. Separated from her daughter and husband, she suffers from severe pain. Now she could face an additional charge. Join thousands of others in calling for her immediate release and help get Nazanin home.

07/10/2017

Thank you to all the good people of Frome who supported our letter writing stall today. Plenty of letters to send off in support of the Director of Amnesty in Turkey who has been arrested whilst exercising her right to freedom of expression.