Welcome

Welcome to the Cambridge City group of Amnesty International, doing our bit to stand up for human rights. We are an active group and have monthly speaker events and letter writing evenings, as well as holding events throughout the year for the campaigns we're involved in.

To find out more about what we do, or how you can get involved with our group, please click on the tabs above. You can also keep up to date with our group's activities by joining our mailing list or finding us on facebook.

COMING UP

Monday - Jan 30 - Letter writing session with focus on North Korea, 7.45pm

Join us on monday evening for a letter writing session in the CB2 Bistro. The focus of this session will be on North Korea. Kenny, who is organizing this meeting, has good insights into North Korea so this will also be a good opportunity to learn about how the situation of human rights is affected by the recent events in North Korea. 

Monday - Jan 30 - 7.45pm, upstairs at CB2, Norfolk Street, Cambridge

You can find out about all our events by clicking here. 

Current Petitions

North Korea: Take Action now!

 Following up on his talk on the human rights situation in North Korea and specifically the shocking reality of concentration camps within the country, Kenny Latunde-Dada has provided us with a short summary and a letter template as well as writing contact addresses. The link for the Amnesty International email action is here.

Recent events

Dec 10: Market Stall

The Market Stall on International Human Rights Day, December 10th., was another opportunity for
people to send these vital messages of support, but it was also Write for Rights day.  Members of the public signed letters to those in authority written on behalf of ten cases from the Greetings Card Campaign.  Letters urged those in authority to stop human rights violations, be it by freeing a prisoner of conscience, ending the harassment of a human rights defender, or by bringing to justice perpetrators of abuse.  As a result of this international Write for Rights action day they will receive thousands of letters.

The Greetings Card Campaign continues until the end of January.  Come to our Market Stall on Saturday January 14th., 10am - 1pm, and send a message to someone who needs and deserves our support

Dec 5 to Dec 11: Library Exhibition

The Exhibition was part of Amnesty International's 50th anniversary celebrations that will continue until our next anniversary in May this year.
Members of the public helped themselves to Amnesty literature and took part in Amnesty's annual Greeting Cards Campaign by sending
simple, personal greetings to individuals facing humans rights abuse, prisoners of conscience, families whose relatives have disappeared, people in danger for defending human rights.  The effect of receiving hundreds or even thousands of cards from around the world is not only profoundly uplifting for these individuals but it can also prompt the authorities to improve conditions of detention, cease ill-treatment and torture and even sanction a prisoner's release

...below two images of our exhibition celebrating 50 years of Amnesty International!

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