Amnesty Taunton
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Taunton Local Group of Amnesty International. Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month @ 7.30pm at the Quaker Meeting House Taunton. All welcome.
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Last year, 124 journalists were killed - the highest ever recorded.
From Gaza to Northern Ireland, violence, censorship and intimidation are silencing reporters and burying the truth.
From Gaza to Northern Ireland, violence, censorship and intimidation are silencing reporters and burying the truth.
May 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Last year, 124 journalists were killed - the highest ever recorded.
From Gaza to Northern Ireland, violence, censorship and intimidation are silencing reporters and burying the truth.
From Gaza to Northern Ireland, violence, censorship and intimidation are silencing reporters and burying the truth.
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The road to repression has been built for years:
➡️ 2018-2021
Climate protests, Black Lives Matter, Sarah Everard vigil:
Hundreds of thousands across the UK took to the streets for human rights. As demands justice grow, criminalisation of protest tactics and stigmatisation of protesters ramp up.
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➡️ 2018-2021
Climate protests, Black Lives Matter, Sarah Everard vigil:
Hundreds of thousands across the UK took to the streets for human rights. As demands justice grow, criminalisation of protest tactics and stigmatisation of protesters ramp up.
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May 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The road to repression has been built for years:
➡️ 2018-2021
Climate protests, Black Lives Matter, Sarah Everard vigil:
Hundreds of thousands across the UK took to the streets for human rights. As demands justice grow, criminalisation of protest tactics and stigmatisation of protesters ramp up.
🧵
➡️ 2018-2021
Climate protests, Black Lives Matter, Sarah Everard vigil:
Hundreds of thousands across the UK took to the streets for human rights. As demands justice grow, criminalisation of protest tactics and stigmatisation of protesters ramp up.
🧵
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📣 The government is spying on children. Yes, really.
Under the "Prevent" duty, children in schools are being reported to counter-terror police, instead of being supported.
This needs to stop.
Help us to scrap the “Prevent” duty: amnesty.org.uk/actions/scra...
Under the "Prevent" duty, children in schools are being reported to counter-terror police, instead of being supported.
This needs to stop.
Help us to scrap the “Prevent” duty: amnesty.org.uk/actions/scra...
May 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📣 The government is spying on children. Yes, really.
Under the "Prevent" duty, children in schools are being reported to counter-terror police, instead of being supported.
This needs to stop.
Help us to scrap the “Prevent” duty: amnesty.org.uk/actions/scra...
Under the "Prevent" duty, children in schools are being reported to counter-terror police, instead of being supported.
This needs to stop.
Help us to scrap the “Prevent” duty: amnesty.org.uk/actions/scra...
Amnesty International vows to continue its work after Russia ban | Amnesty International | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Amnesty International vows to continue its work after Russia ban
Rights group declared ‘undesirable organisation’ amid Kremlin crackdown on critics, journalists and activists
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May 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Amnesty International vows to continue its work after Russia ban | Amnesty International | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Dear supporters, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation today declared Amnesty International an "undesirable organization"
May 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Dear supporters, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation today declared Amnesty International an "undesirable organization"
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With this weekend's catastrophic attacks in Darfur, Sudan, it's more urgent than ever that foreign ministers meeting at the Foreign Affairs Council today ensure protection of civilians remains paramount for EU action.
This culture of impunity must stop.
This culture of impunity must stop.
April 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
With this weekend's catastrophic attacks in Darfur, Sudan, it's more urgent than ever that foreign ministers meeting at the Foreign Affairs Council today ensure protection of civilians remains paramount for EU action.
This culture of impunity must stop.
This culture of impunity must stop.
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The United States government’s abrupt and irresponsible termination of foreign assistance is putting the health and human rights of millions of people in Yemen who depend on humanitarian aid at risk.
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Yemen: US abrupt and irresponsible aid cuts put millions at risk
The United States government’s abrupt and irresponsible termination of foreign assistance is putting the health and human rights of millions of people in Yemen who depend on humanitarian aid at risk, Amnesty International said today.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The United States government’s abrupt and irresponsible termination of foreign assistance is putting the health and human rights of millions of people in Yemen who depend on humanitarian aid at risk.
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Under the laws of war, civilians may not be deliberately targeted ❌
All parties to a conflict must take measures to minimize harm to civilians and must not carry out attacks that fail to distinguish between civilians and combatants or cause disproportionate harm to civilians.
All parties to a conflict must take measures to minimize harm to civilians and must not carry out attacks that fail to distinguish between civilians and combatants or cause disproportionate harm to civilians.
April 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Under the laws of war, civilians may not be deliberately targeted ❌
All parties to a conflict must take measures to minimize harm to civilians and must not carry out attacks that fail to distinguish between civilians and combatants or cause disproportionate harm to civilians.
All parties to a conflict must take measures to minimize harm to civilians and must not carry out attacks that fail to distinguish between civilians and combatants or cause disproportionate harm to civilians.
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HRW has documented that prisoners in El Salvador are at constant risk of abuse, and even death, while being cut-off from the rest of the world.
Learn more in our recent podcast episode:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2CEq...
Learn more in our recent podcast episode:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2CEq...
Rights & Wrongs
News Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Rights & Wrongs is a bi-monthly podcast from Human Rights Watch. It explores stories from the places where abuses are unfolding around the world, through the eyes and...
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April 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
HRW has documented that prisoners in El Salvador are at constant risk of abuse, and even death, while being cut-off from the rest of the world.
Learn more in our recent podcast episode:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2CEq...
Learn more in our recent podcast episode:
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2CEq...
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Harvard University is refusing to comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration.
From elementary schools to universities, the rights to education and free speech must be protected and not attacked by the government.
From elementary schools to universities, the rights to education and free speech must be protected and not attacked by the government.
Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands
Federal officials said they would freeze the money after Harvard said it would not submit to requests to overhaul hiring and report international students who break rules.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Harvard University is refusing to comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration.
From elementary schools to universities, the rights to education and free speech must be protected and not attacked by the government.
From elementary schools to universities, the rights to education and free speech must be protected and not attacked by the government.
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Today would have been Benjamin Zephaniah's 67th birthday.
On Saturday, Amnesty was delighted to have honoured the life and legacy of the late icon of the arts and activism at the Benjamin Zephaniah Day festival hosted by Brunel University.
On Saturday, Amnesty was delighted to have honoured the life and legacy of the late icon of the arts and activism at the Benjamin Zephaniah Day festival hosted by Brunel University.
April 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today would have been Benjamin Zephaniah's 67th birthday.
On Saturday, Amnesty was delighted to have honoured the life and legacy of the late icon of the arts and activism at the Benjamin Zephaniah Day festival hosted by Brunel University.
On Saturday, Amnesty was delighted to have honoured the life and legacy of the late icon of the arts and activism at the Benjamin Zephaniah Day festival hosted by Brunel University.
Roma Rights are Human Rights talk | Amnesty International Taunton Local Group. Local Amnesty supporters are welcome.
The event will start at 7.30pm at the Taunton Quaker Meeting House, Bath Place, Taunton, TA1 4EP. amnestytaunton.com/2025/03/22/r...
The event will start at 7.30pm at the Taunton Quaker Meeting House, Bath Place, Taunton, TA1 4EP. amnestytaunton.com/2025/03/22/r...
Roma Rights are Human Rights talk
To mark International Roma Day, Taunton Amnesty are delighted to be hosting Ulrike Schmidt, Amnesty UK Country Coordinator for the Balkans, who will give a presentation: Roma Rights are Human Right…
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April 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Roma Rights are Human Rights talk | Amnesty International Taunton Local Group. Local Amnesty supporters are welcome.
The event will start at 7.30pm at the Taunton Quaker Meeting House, Bath Place, Taunton, TA1 4EP. amnestytaunton.com/2025/03/22/r...
The event will start at 7.30pm at the Taunton Quaker Meeting House, Bath Place, Taunton, TA1 4EP. amnestytaunton.com/2025/03/22/r...
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The International Criminal Court is under serious attack:
From US sanctions & Hungary deciding to leave the ICC, to EU states saying they would not enforce arrest warrants, these threats to the intl rules-based order put everyone at risk
The EU should defend the ICC👇
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-shou...
From US sanctions & Hungary deciding to leave the ICC, to EU states saying they would not enforce arrest warrants, these threats to the intl rules-based order put everyone at risk
The EU should defend the ICC👇
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-shou...
EU Should Defend the ICC: International Criminal Court Under Attack by US, Others – European Institutions Office
The European Union should defend the International Criminal Court (ICC) amid serious attacks on its mandate and mission, 58 nongovernmental groups said today. These attacks could undermine justice for...
www.amnesty.eu
April 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The International Criminal Court is under serious attack:
From US sanctions & Hungary deciding to leave the ICC, to EU states saying they would not enforce arrest warrants, these threats to the intl rules-based order put everyone at risk
The EU should defend the ICC👇
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-shou...
From US sanctions & Hungary deciding to leave the ICC, to EU states saying they would not enforce arrest warrants, these threats to the intl rules-based order put everyone at risk
The EU should defend the ICC👇
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-shou...
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Amnesty publishes its annual report into the state of the death penalty around the world
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Global: Recorded executions hit their highest figure since 2015
Over 1,500 people were executed across 15 countries in 2024
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April 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Amnesty publishes its annual report into the state of the death penalty around the world
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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🎉 Heute hat der #Menschenrechtsrat eine bahnbrechende Resolution verabschiedet, die das Mandat der Untersuchungsmission für den #Iran sowohl verlängert als auch ausgeweitet hat. Verantwortliche für Menschenrechtsverbrechen müssen endlich Konsequenzen befürchten! www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Iran: UN extends Fact-Finding Mission's mandate in landmark development
"The extension of the mandates of both the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran and the Fact-Finding Mission, along with the expansion of the latter’s mandate, is a critical, lo...
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April 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🎉 Heute hat der #Menschenrechtsrat eine bahnbrechende Resolution verabschiedet, die das Mandat der Untersuchungsmission für den #Iran sowohl verlängert als auch ausgeweitet hat. Verantwortliche für Menschenrechtsverbrechen müssen endlich Konsequenzen befürchten! www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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The authorities in Iran must halt the gruesome plan to amputate the fingers of tortured prisoners.
Amputation constitutes torture, which is a crime under international law and is a flagrant and abhorrent assault on human dignity.
This spectacle of brutality must be ended.
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Amputation constitutes torture, which is a crime under international law and is a flagrant and abhorrent assault on human dignity.
This spectacle of brutality must be ended.
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Iran: Authorities must halt gruesome plan to amputate fingers of tortured prisoners within days
The Iranian authorities are preparing to inflict the cruel and irreversible punishment of finger amputation against three prisoners as early as 11 April, following their torture-tainted convictions in unfair trials, Amnesty International warned today.
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April 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The authorities in Iran must halt the gruesome plan to amputate the fingers of tortured prisoners.
Amputation constitutes torture, which is a crime under international law and is a flagrant and abhorrent assault on human dignity.
This spectacle of brutality must be ended.
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Amputation constitutes torture, which is a crime under international law and is a flagrant and abhorrent assault on human dignity.
This spectacle of brutality must be ended.
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#EtatsUnis : une vidéo d'une étudiante arrêtée près de chez elle dans une banlieue de Boston est effrayante.
Son seul "crime" : avoir écrit quelque chose qui déplaisait au gouvernement.
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Son seul "crime" : avoir écrit quelque chose qui déplaisait au gouvernement.
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Les attaques de Trump contre la liberté d'expression
Quiconque aux États-Unis aime penser qu'il vit dans un pays libre devrait être indigné par le cas de Rumeysa Ozturk. La vidéo de l'étudiante en doctorat de l'université Tufts, arrêtée sur le trottoir ...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#EtatsUnis : une vidéo d'une étudiante arrêtée près de chez elle dans une banlieue de Boston est effrayante.
Son seul "crime" : avoir écrit quelque chose qui déplaisait au gouvernement.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Son seul "crime" : avoir écrit quelque chose qui déplaisait au gouvernement.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Taunton Amnesty Group wrote letters to the National Council for Human Rights in Egypt to ask them to intercede with President Al-Sisi and urge clemency during Ramadan for Oqba Hashad. amnestytaunton.com/category/cam...
campaigns – Amnesty International Taunton Local Group
Posts about campaigns written by Amnesty International Taunton Local Group
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April 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Taunton Amnesty Group wrote letters to the National Council for Human Rights in Egypt to ask them to intercede with President Al-Sisi and urge clemency during Ramadan for Oqba Hashad. amnestytaunton.com/category/cam...
Our meetings are held from 7.30-9.30pm on the second Tuesday of every month (excluding August and December) at the Friends Meeting House, 13 Bath Place, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4EP. There is a car park behind Boots.
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Monthly Meetings
Our meetings are held from 7.30-9.30pm on the second Tuesday of every month (excluding August and December) at the Friends Meeting House, 13 Bath Place, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4EP. There is a car pa…
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April 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Our meetings are held from 7.30-9.30pm on the second Tuesday of every month (excluding August and December) at the Friends Meeting House, 13 Bath Place, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4EP. There is a car park behind Boots.
amnestytaunton.com/about/meetin...
amnestytaunton.com/about/meetin...
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🚨 Kenya's high court has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear and consider the merits of a case, in which Meta is accused of promoting content that led to ethnic violence and killings in Ethiopia.
Kenya: Meta can be sued in Kenya for role in Ethiopia conflict
Kenya High Court has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear case against Meta over its role in Ethiopia conflict.
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April 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨 Kenya's high court has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear and consider the merits of a case, in which Meta is accused of promoting content that led to ethnic violence and killings in Ethiopia.
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The Syrian government must ensure that the perpetrators of a wave of mass killings targeting Alawite civilians in coastal areas are held accountable and take immediate steps to ensure that no person or group is targeted on the basis of their sect.
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Massacres of civilians in Syria must be investigated as war crimes
The Syrian government must ensure that the perpetrators of a wave of mass killings targeting Alawite civilians in coastal areas are held accountable and take immediate steps to ensure that no person or group is targeted on the basis of their sect, Amnesty International said today.
amn.st
April 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The Syrian government must ensure that the perpetrators of a wave of mass killings targeting Alawite civilians in coastal areas are held accountable and take immediate steps to ensure that no person or group is targeted on the basis of their sect.
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