HARLOW’S newly formed branch of Amnesty International held its first meeting on the 28th of March at St Paul’s Church with Liesbeth Ten Ham, Amnesty’s regional rep for East Anglia, coming to speak to the local group.

Much discussion was had about how the new group will move forward, including ideas about future campaigns. The group also discussed various global campaigns that Amnesty International UK are involved in, including campaigning for the release of Nazanin Zighari-Radcliffe, the British-Iranian who has been held in Iran since 2016 & campaigning for truth for the family of Giulio Regeni, an Italian student who was tortured and killed in Egypt.

Chris Vince who was involved in the setting up of the group said after the meeting ,’I was delighted to see many people come to this meeting from across Harlow. It shows that in our town there is a real passion for justice and to defend people’s human rights. I am looking forward to our next meeting when we can really start to focus on some specific campaigns.’

Amnesty International Harlow’s next meeting will be on the 25th of April. More For more information or to get involved e-mail [email protected], Twitter @AIHarlow’