Every year, thousands of people in the UK write letters in solidarity with those suffering human rights abuses around the world as part of Amnesty’s Write for Rights campaign.
We were delighted to be able to host another Write for Rights event in December, by kind permission of St Mary’s Church, Taunton. Among the people we talked to we were happy to welcome the Mayor of Taunton Deane, Hazel Prior-Sankey and Rebecca Pow, MP for Taunton Deane, who were both positive and supportive. We posted off some 60 cards and letters to Prisoners of Conscience and their supporters.
At our January meeting we heard members’ reports and discussed future initiatives. We spent some time considering international issues and the effects of Amnesty’s work. Our ‘I Welcome’ Exhibition on refugees was staged in Taunton Library for a week last autumn; it’s hoped it will be on show at The Brewhouse in spring, and at Blundells School, Tiverton.
Further disquieting reports flood out from Myanmar (Burma) about the horrific treatment of the Rohingya people; the UN’s Special Rapporteur has been banned from visiting the country.
Our next meeting is at 7.30pm on Tuesday 13th February at The Friends’ Meeting House in Bath Place, Taunton; visitors are always welcome.
Amnesty International Taunton Local Group 
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