September meeting minutes attached thanks to group member Lesley for compiling them. We discussed future plans including the Christmas tree, an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the UDHR, the death penalty and North Korea.
Archive for September, 2018
September minutes
Posted: September 16, 2018 in Group newsTags: Death penalty, film, Group news, minutes, Salisbury
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Death penalty report
Posted: September 13, 2018 in Death penalty, UncategorizedTags: Amnesty, Death penalty, Iran, Pope, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, USA
The death penalty report for August – September is now available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it.
We would also like to draw your attention to a relatively new death penalty campaigning organisation called the Death Penalty Project
Meeting
Posted: September 11, 2018 in Group newsTags: "Human rights", Amnesty, Death penalty, Group news, Japan, Salisbury, UN'
Minutes available shortly.
We shall be holding our monthly meeting this Thursday in Victoria Road at 7:30 as usual. Supporters welcome. We shall be reviewing the death penalty; follow up from the Tree of Life street action; forthcoming film,s and a possible event to mark the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration in 1948. Also the Christmas tree in St Thomas’s.
Palestine film
Posted: September 9, 2018 in "Human rights", PalestineTags: film, Gaza, Palestine, Palestinians, Salisbury, Sarum College
The fate of Palestinians and Gaza is in the news a lot recently and there is shortly to be a film shown called From Balfour to Banksy: Division and Vision in Palestine.
This will be shown at Sarum College on 27 September at 7:0 for 7:30. It is free but there is a retiring collection. The speaker will be Miranda Pinch. Further information can be obtained from sarumconcern.org
Tree of Life: Japan
Posted: September 1, 2018 in Death penalty, JapanTags: "Amnesty International", "Human rights", Death penalty, Group news, Japan, Japanese, Salisbury, signing, tree of life, 日本, 死刑, 人生の木, 人権
Tree of Life signing against death penalty in Japan
Tree of Life. Pic: Salisbury Amnesty
We held our tree of life signing in Library passage this morning (1 September 2018) and collected over 40 signatures. People were asked to sign small labels which we attached to a small tree to mimic the Japanese custom. There were several people who were surprised that the methods the Japanese employ – solitary confinement, decades of incarceration and no notice of the execution itself – were still employed by a supposedly civilised country.
All the labels will be gathered up and sent to Amnesty for a combined presentation to the embassy in October. Our thanks to all those who signed and to group members who spent time on the stand.
If you would like to join the local group, keep and eye on this site or on Twitter or Facebook (accessed on the left) and make yourself known at one of our activities.
Every month, the group publishes a brief report on the death penalty around the world. See the latest edition here.
Amnesty in Salisbury 