Urgent Actions Network (Vic)

The Urgent Actions Network is one of the Victorian Branch's most established networks, going back to around the founding of the Branch in 1963.

Want to take action on human rights?

The Urgent Action Network receives Urgent Action appeals every week from our International Secretariat in London
and asks network members to write on behalf of the prisoners or situations concerned. Different appeals arrive throughout the week and are processed on Thursday. At present there are over 300 writers; but more are always welcome.

Do Urgent Actions actually work? Yes!

A past review of the effectiveness of Urgent Actions found that overr 25% of the UA Appeals issued since 1993 achieved their primary objective. The percentage rises even higher if secondary outcomes are taken into account. For recent good news outcomes, visit http://www.amnesty.org.au/success/

You can arrange to receive Urgent Actions via Post or Email.
- For Postal reception, please phone the office on 9412 0700 and ask to speak to Tony; OR
- Write to Amnesty International (Att:UA), Locked Bag 7, Collingwood, Vic, 3066
For Email reception, please email your details to vicurgentactions@amnesty.org.au and include 'UA' in the subject line.

Alternatively, you may prefer to come into the Victorian Action Centre when time permits, to write letters on urgent action cases, prisoners of conscience and individuals at risk. [Address: Suite 8, 134 Cambridge St Collingwood.]

Please feel free to do so any time between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Update - Are you fluent in Spanish or Russian and willing to help translate some correspondence? We would love your help! Email us at address supplied below

For further information about the Urgent Action Network, please email vicvolunteers@amnesty.org.au or call 9412 0700

Contact

Email:

Fran
Tony

Phone:

03 9412 0700

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