MINEHEAD Amnesty Group is asking shoppers to sign a card or letter to remember people all over the world who are suffering abuses of their human rights.

The Write for Rights campaign is held by Amnesty International (AI) every year and this year a new global campaign called Brave was launched.

Brave recognises those men and women who have risked everything to speak out against injustice done to others, and as a consequence face harassment, intimidation, ill-treatment and unlawful detention themselves.

Minehead Amnesty group will be at The Avenue Methodist Church from 10am on Friday (December 8) to support a number of cases:

* The imprisoned chairman of Amnesty in Turkey.

* A woman demanding justice for her brother shot dead by police in Jamaica.

* A lawyer in Egypt facing imprisonment for defending victims of human rights abuses.

* A non-violent protester facing imprisonment in Israel.

* And an activist in China who has fought against forced evictions for 20 years despite harassment and personal attacks. A travel ban by the authorities means she cannot collect her International Women of Courage Award.

Pictured is Minehead chairman Alison Dietz starting the ball rolling at a recent branch meeting. 

Photo: Chris Lawson