Upcoming Events

Saturday March 21st

Southwest Amnesty Conference: Protecting Human Rights in a Changing World

The Mint Methodist Centre Exeter, EX4 3AT

Registration from 9.30 for a 10.15 am start and finishing at 4pm.

More details to follow………

The Reading Amnesty International Group and the Oppressed Peoples Group (part of Amnesty’s Central England Network) invite you to our online webinar

“Afghan Women and Youth under the Taliban: Voices of Resistance”

Wednesday 25th of February – 7.00-8.30pm (online)

                                                                                     ©Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images

Register here to attend to receive a zoom link for the event.

Led by Faissal Sharif, AIUK’s country coordinator for Afghanistan, we will hear from two Afghan youth activists. We will have a panel discussion and a Q&A.

Join us to find out more about the current situation for women and girls in Afghanistan and actions we can take to support them.

Aziza Akrami is an Afghan social entrepreneur and women’s rights advocate, and the co-founder of Empowered Circle, a women-led health and education initiative supporting Afghan women and children. Her organisation supports primary healthcare, health education, and psychosocial support in underserved communities, reaching thousands of women and families across Afghanistan. Her work centres on advancing women’s rights, community wellbeing, and sustainable, locally driven impact under conditions of ongoing restriction and crisis.
Satayesh is a young artist and activist from Herat, Afghanistan, working on women’s rights and youth rights. Following the Taliban’s ban on education, she was denied the opportunity to pursue further studies. Through graffiti and photography, she documents erased messages of resistance in public spaces, giving visibility to silenced voices and everyday acts of defiance.

All welcome to join us at the Quaker Meeting House

Please be aware that in order to ensure safety for Satayesh, the event should be communicated internally within Amnesty networks only.

Tuesday February 10^th at 7.30pm

Taunton Amnesty Group AGM

All welcome to come along to the Quaker meeting House

Thursday 29th January at 7.30 pm

Amnesty South West England Network webinar

Leaving Afghanistan: The Realities

Please join us for an opportunity to meet Faissal Sharif, Amnesty UK Country Coordinator for Afghanistan, to hear him speak about the incredible challenges of his lived experience growing up as an Afghan refugee in Germany.

Hear Faissal’s insights not only into the situation in Afghanistan and why his family had to leave, but also more broadly into the challenges faced by many refugees forced to leave their home country and seek asylum elsewhere. This is likely to involve stressful and difficult decision-making, often harrowing journeys, perhaps having your close relatives scattered in different places across the world and adjusting to an alien culture while also facing racial prejudice.

Faissal’s experiences and reflections will be valuable for anyone working with and supporting refugees here in the UK, as well as those campaigning for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers.

The webinar is open to all Amnesty and other human rights activists.

Please register for this free event on Zoom by clicking the link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/KdUHDR16QgKbTxBrlaSzeA

To find out more about the new SW Network, please email us at aswenetwork21@gmail.com

Thursday January 22nd 7-8.30pm

The Veto – a film confronting the single greatest threat to global peace and security

All very welcome to the free online showing of this important, short documentary about abuse of the UN Security Council
veto, its terrible consequences, and what we can do about it – with Q&A and discussion

With panel contributions from:
Jennifer Trahan: Professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs & Director of the Concentration in International Law and Human Rights
Tim Slade: Writer, Director (of the film), Producer & Editor

Please register to attend the webinar at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pg1rINNeSdOdfqO7pXeo5w

For any queries, contact amnestyunnetwork@gmail.com

Tuesday January 13^th 2026 at 7.30pm

Talk on Justice for Nigeria

Caz Dennett, co-founder of Justice for Nigeria and fellow co-founder and MOSOP leader Lazarus Tamana will be joining us via Zoom to talk about the Niger Delta and the fight for justice over the environmental damage wrought by oil companies such as Shell.

All welcome at the Quaker Meeting House. If you would prefer to join online, please contact us at amnestytaunton@gmail.com

 

Our past events have included:

• ‘I Welcome’ photo exhibition at Taunton Library
• a fundraising stall in Taunton for girls at risk of FGM and forced marriage.
• an AmnesTea party
• street collections
• 50th birthday celebrations with the Blackdown Samba Band
• stalls at community events
• a fundraising concert with the Taunton Deane Male Voice Choir
• co-hosting the Burma play at Taunton’s Brewhouse theatre
• annual Write for Rights events
• and more!