Salisbury group members take part in the regional conference in Exeter

April 2024

Members of the Salisbury group went to Exeter last Saturday, 20 April, to take part in the regional conference organised by the Exeter group. We heard presentations on the somewhat forgotten problems in Kashmir where the Indian government is committing a wide range of human rights violations. These include disappearances, indefinite detention, using financial laws to persecute and, by such means, closed Amnesty’s office in the country. And – in similarity with India itself – giving preference to Hindus over other faiths. The speaker drew similarities to the situation in Gaza. She also pointed out that JCB is selling construction equipment which is being used to demolish Kashmiri homes.

There was also a very informative talk on the issue of racism including the ‘7 pitfalls’. This was given by Peter Radford.

It was altogether an interesting event and it was good to meet other Amnesty groups from the region and all praise to the Exeter group for organising it.

Photo: Exeter Amnesty