On 24 February 2022, the world stood stunned as President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale assault on Ukraine. The assault began with Russian troops entering from the regions of Luhansk, Kharkiv and Chernihiv, in what Putin falsely claimed was a “peacekeeping operation”. Within 2 weeks, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…
Cardiff’s Luke Symons still detained in Yemen
Written by Cardiff Amnesty member, Elizabeth. Luke Symons was brought up here in our own city of Cardiff but has been detained for nearly five years in Yemen by the Houthi de facto authorities. It is only right that the Amnesty group in his home city should be committed to campaigning for him. Luke grew…
#NazaninIsFree
Members of the Cardiff Amnesty Group were delighted by the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori last week. Trawling though old blog posts we can see that the group started campaigning for Nazanin in June 2016. We first heard of Nazanin and Gabriella at a candlelight vigil outside the Senedd. Prayers and reflections for…
Marching Against Racism
Members of the Cardiff Amnesty Group were proud to join the march against racism in Cardiff on Sunday 20th March. A party atmosphere prevailed as the noisy protest wound its way through the centre of the city in the spring sunshine. At the heart of the protest, however, was the frustration and anger that fuelled…
Short Story: Locked Up in a UK Prison
by Nadine Salter I used to report on the weather. I loved it: the exhilaration of live TV, the creation of a story on what was happening outside. But now they’ve locked me up. I haven’t seen the Outside for six days. If I had to write a weather report on prison, it would go…
Love is a Human Right
Cardiff Amnesty joined a large crowd outside the steps of the National Museum in Cardiff on Sunday 6th February as part of a vigil to mark the life of Dr Gary Jenkins. The vigil included a minute’s silence, and gave people a chance to share their memories of the late Dr Jenkins. Members of the…
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