WRITE A LETTER. CHANGE A LIFE.
MEET OUR 2017 CASES
This year, we're standing with 11 individuals and communities facing human rights violations around the world.
Organize an event!
Host an event or plan a creative action to engage your community! Your event can be public or private. We act together because when thousands of people from around the world speak out at the same time, our voices united cannot be ignored. By participating in Write for Rights, you're challenging systemic human rights abuses like torture and the death penalty. You’re standing up for women's rights, LGBTI rights and corporate accountability. Each letter you write can change a life.
WHAT IS WRITE FOR RIGHTS?
Write for Rights is a way to mark International Human Rights Day by sending a letter!
LETTER WRITING WORKS!
Every year around December 10, Amnesty supporters send letters on behalf of people they've never met. Our messages help convince government officials to release people imprisoned for expressing their opinion, stop the use of torture, and end other human rights abuses. Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty International's work, and 54 years of activism shows us that words have power. Last year we sent over 3.7 million messages from 200 countries -- and changed lives!
Write for Rights Resources
Find everything you need for Write for Rights including cases, posters, signs, videos, guides and a slideshow.
How Write for Rights works
1. Amnesty identifies people and communities at risk of human rights abuses worldwide, who need solidarity and justice.
2. We pick cases where global activism can make a huge difference, rights now.
3. We share them with Amnesty offices worldwide.
4. Activists organize amazing events and actions around the cases.
5. People worldwide write letters, tweets, emails and sign petitions.
6. Messages start arriving at government offices, prison cells, family homes.
7. Change happens and hope grows! Prisoners get better conditions and can be released.
8. Amnesty receives updates showing that people's actions are making a difference!
