Thank You – from Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband and sister-in-law Stand Up in the Park, the highlight of Amnesty International Cardiff Group/ Grŵp Amnest Rhyngwladol Caerdydd’s summer calendar, is no more. The event has come to an end as our partner for the annual mid-summer evening, Everyman Theatre Cardiff, did not run its usual series of…
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Our Search for a New Chairperson
The Cardiff Amnesty Group is looking for a new Chair to lead our campaigning at a vital time for standing up for human rights across the world. As a global movement of over seven million people, Amnesty International is the world’s largest grass-roots human rights organisation. We investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilise the…
Stand Up in the Park Returns for a 5th Year – Tickets on Sale Now!
Stand Up in the Park will be returning to Sophia Gardens for a 5th year on Sunday 2nd July at 8pm. This year, we will be joined by the amazing comics Clint Edwards, Esther Manito and Micky Overman.
Incarcerated in Evin Prison: Mehran Raoof’s Urgent Plea for UK Action and Condemnation of Iran’s Exploitation of Dual-Nationals
Mehran Raoof, a British-Iranian labor activist, has been detained in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison since 2020 on vague charges related to his activism. Recently, he wrote a letter from prison highlighting the dire conditions he and other political prisoners are facing, including poor health care and lack of access to basic necessities like clean water.
Take the London to Tehran Challenge
If they can’t come to us, we’ll go to them! This October, we are inviting everyone to walk, run, scoot, skate and cycle the 3,209 miles from London to Tehran in support of Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof. You can take on the challenge as an individual or as part of a local team but…
“We’re all a part of a club that nobody wants to be a member of…”
In 2018, the Tahbaz family joined the Ashoori and the Zaghari-Ratcliffe families in the “club that nobody wants to be a member of.” Morad Tahbaz was working on animal conservation projects in Iran when he was arrested and accused of espionage. In November 2019 he was given a 10 year prison sentence for “contacts with…
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