ACAT letter writing 29th April

On the evening of Wednesday 29th April six of us, Tony, Helen, Joyce, Nancy, Rosemary and I met in the hall to write letters on behalf of prisoners in various countries.

We do this every couple of months after Rosemary has received the latest mailing from ACAT.

ACAT is an organisation called Action by Christians Against Torture and as well as writing the letters we pray for those mentioned in the appeals. We usually write two letters each and we all sign all of them. It would be possible to e-mail some but this loses the personal touch of the handwriting of a group of people.

Occasionally we get replies - the last one was in Russian! ACAT UK translated it for us. And we sometimes get letters from prisoners who have been freed. These letters tell how important our letters are as conditions improved after some were received and the people always had hope when they knew that others in many countries were praying for them.

The letters are sent to their Governments and copies go to Embassies or High Commissions in London. We are also asked to write to our MPs about people who are British citizens or have Right of Abode here - Guantanamo prisoners for example.


New letter writers are always welcome - just let Rosemary know that you are interested.