Many thanks to CL for these updates. You can also read them as a PDF here.
Welcome & Introductions
Amnesty Meeting 2022-07-14
Present: Merle, Jim, Silvia, Andrew, Claire, Neil
Updates
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Jim: couldn't find anything about Justice for Syria campaign on Amnesty's website, will wait to see
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Amnesty boxes/resources sorted out in church storeroom – Jim emailed church. Lotsss of paper & envelopes – we need letter writing sessions again!
Action Points
Daytime group
Find out if Daytime group still meeting, when, and offer to advertise their meeting time/place through our social media/mailing list - @Freya/@Mal do you have someone you can ask?
£££
a. @Jim to find 2 other co-signatories for Coop account
b. @Freya In next newletter, share our bank acc details again for donations (and paypal acc if running and accessible) – Could this always be in our emails maybe as a footer, maybe a nice graphic?
Stand Up For Human Rights
@Jim to ask the Stand about doing another Stand up at the Stand fundraising night
Patrick Grady Meeting
@Jim to email the Scottish Office about our Patrick Grady meeting
Human Rights Act
Big thanks to Andrew for researching&presenting!
See: http://email.amnestyuk.org.uk/files/amf_amnesty/project_58/2022_Planned_Campaigns.pdf
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AI petition: https://savetheact.uk/#signup-form – share & sign → social media & newsletter @Freya & attach Andrew's briefing note for more info
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Get speakers for September meeting:
i. Amnesty Scottish office - @Mal can you ask if they have a speaker who could come to speak to us about HRA?
ii. ??? - Anwar (Glasgow lawyer) – does anyone have a link? – if not Claire can coldcall
iii. Silvia – Law Dep at uni
iv. Andrew - Good Law Society
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@Someone (Andrew?!) write a template pledge about saving the HRA → all to email MPs to make a pledge that they support XXX
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@Mal – do you have someone in the Scotland office we could ask about linking with other AI local groups within Scotland and with the Scottish AI office to undertake more co-ordinated action on HRA.
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@All: Think about like-minded organisations locally that have similar concerns relating to the UK Government's proposed amendments to the HRA office to undertake more co-ordinated action.
Iftar Event Follow-Up
@Mal is there any update on hosting a meeting with the people who were at the Iftar event (on Uyghurs, Palestine, Kashmir) – could tie this in with Israel Apartheid campaign (there are AIUK flyer & briefing notes; UN rapporteur's info); could have a more general meeting focus of “Religious Persecution”
Next Meeting: 2022-08-11
Next meeting's facilitator: Freya (people can volunteer each month!)
Next Event
For next event: Ask AIUK to see on their mailing list who lives in Glasgow and we can give them a text to email them saying “Do you know your local group?” and advertise September event