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#HomeForChristmas

This December, Cardiff Amnesty have partnered with other local Amnesty groups and individuals from across the UK to act as one voice in calling for all unjustly detained dual nationals to be Home For Christmas. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are among those who have faced a sham trial and wrongful imprisonment in Iran due…

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Day 18: Hungry for Justice

Richard Ratcliffe is now 18 days into his hunger strike outside of the Foreign Office in a brave move to bring attention to government inaction to free his wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, from prison in Iran. Nazanin has been unjustly detained in Tehran, Iran since 2016. She was initially given a 5 year prison sentence on…

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Cardiff Amnesty’s Newborn Activists

We are pleased to announce that the co-chair of the Cardiff Amnesty group, Lauren, has given birth to beautiful twin boys. Before their birth, the boys were involved in a fundraiser for a local Cardiff charity that trains and provides volunteer birth partners to women who would otherwise birth alone; aptly named The Birth Partner…

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Some Good News and a Surprise Phone Call

This blog post was kindly written by Cardiff Amnesty member Elizabeth who was able to share some good news with us all at our last meeting. Now for the good news… We deal with some pretty grim issues in Amnesty, so it’s always encouraging to get some good news: here are a few items from…

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UK: Learning the Wrong Lessons from Pandemic Response Measures in Prisons

The situation in UK prisons has improved little since the easing of restrictions in the general community.   The vast majority of prisoners remain locked in cells for around 23 hours a day.  The most concerning development of all is the increasing trend for the government and prison service to rationalise the idea that more time…

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