Good News: Iranian Environmental Activists were released from prisons (April 7, 2024)

Good News: Iranian Environmental Activists were released from prisons:

Niloofar Bayani, Sepideh Kashani, Homan Jokar, and Taher Qadirian are environmental activists whose lawyer announced they had been granted amnesty on Sunday. They all worked at the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, dedicated to saving the Iranian cheetah from extinction.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence accused them of espionage without presenting evidence.

March 8, 2024: International Women's Day

Happy International Women's Day. Freedom of Speech and Women Rights to choose for everyone.

 

Amnesty International: 2023 Write 4 Rights Until Jan 31, 2024

 

The 2023 Write for Rights campaign is live! Now through January 31, AIUSA is mobilizing supporters to take action on 10 Global Write for Rights cases. Check out the case details below! "Write A Letter, Change A Life." That’s the idea behind Write for Rights, our global letter-writing campaign. We’ve been doing it every year for 22 years and today, it’s the world’s biggest human rights event.       Like most great things, it began with a group of friends and one big idea. A group of activists in Warsaw, Poland, decided to celebrate Human Rights Day (10 December) a little differently. They held a 24-hour letter-writing marathon, writing letters day and night on behalf of people whose rights had been wronged.       Write for Rights supporters have used the power of their words to unite behind a common purpose – backing people no matter where they are in the world. Together, they’ve helped transform the lives of more than 100 people over the years, freeing them from torture, harassment, or unjust imprisonment.   We hope your local group will take part in the Write for Rights campaign this year! Your Local Group Can: Sign Up to let us know your group is participating in this campaign. Use the Resource Page to write letters on behalf of this year's 10 Global Write for Rights cases, and plan an activism event in your community. Add Your Event to our national Write for Rights Events Map, so other members and activists in the area know about it and can join you. Report Your Letters by January 31 so we can cite the number of actions taken in our advocacy work to government officials, making the case for action on behalf of these 10 cases. Learn More and Take Online Actions on behalf of this year's 10 Global Write for Rights cases, and find all the resources here!

JUSTYNA WYDRZYŃSKA PROSECUTED FOR DEFENDING SAFE ABORTION POLAND

CHAIMA ISSA FACING YEARS IN PRISON FOR SPEAKING OUT TUNISIA

ROCKY MYERS 3 DECADES ON DEATH ROW DESPITE FLAWED PROCEEDINGS USA

AHMED MANSOOR SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SPEAKING OUT UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

RITA KARASARTOVA FACING 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST KYRGYZSTAN

THAPELO MOHAPI THREATENED FOR DEFENDING HIS COMMUNITY SOUTH AFRICA

ANA MARIA SANTOS CRUZ A MOTHER’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE BRAZIL

MAUNG SAWYEDDOLLAH TAKING ON FACEBOOK FOR ITS ROLE IN MYANMAR ATROCITIES MYANMAR

THULANI MASEKO KILLED FOR SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER ESWATINI

UNCLE PABAI AND UNCLE PAUL FIGHTING TO SAVE  THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS AUSTRALIA

Amnesty International Iran Team: Dec. 6, 2023

Today, Amnesty International has issued a new major report titled, “They violently raped me”: Sexual violence weaponized to crush Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” uprising. The report documents in detail the harrowing ordeals of 45 survivors, including 26 men, 12 women and seven children, who were subjected to horrific acts of rape, gang rape and/or other forms of sexual violence by Iran’s intelligence and security forces following their arbitrary arrests during the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising between September and December 2022. The organization found that sexual violence was used with impunity as a weapon of torture to punish protesters.

                                                       For more information, Click here 

 

Amnesty International: 2023 Write for Rights (W4R)

Amnesty International 2023 Write for Rights (W4R)

Today, we’re inviting you to join Amnesty International (AI) annual letter-writing campaign, Write for Rights (W4R). Your words are not just ink on paper, but powerful tools for justice, hope, and change.

For over 20 years, Amnesty International’s annual W4R has transformed the lives of people whose rights have been wronged. Using the power of voice, W4R supporters have united behind a common purpose: together we can change lives of voiceless for better. For over 60 years activism, Letter Writing has always been at the heart of AI campaign.

This year’s AI campaign features 10 people and communities worldwide whose human rights are violated by governments, police, or big corporations. Visit AI website using: write.amnestyusa.org to learn more about this year's Write for Rights cases. Here’s how you can take part for this year Write for Rights:

 Sign All Petitions on-line with one click:

https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/137336/petition/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=utm_write_for_rights&utm_content=Write+for+Rights+Successes+-+November+1+2023

Briefly:

1.     Demand justice for the Wet’suwet’en Nation in British Columbia, Canada. They have been attached and harassed for protecting their Land and Water.

2.     Demand justice for Thapelo Mhoapi, leader of grassroots movement Abahlali Mjondolo in South Africa. He has been threatened, harassed, and intimidated for defending his community.

3.     Demand Justice for Justyna Wydrznska in Poland. She has been prosecuted for defending safe abortion.

4.     Demand justice for Ana Maria Santos Cruz in Brazil. She is the mother of a young Brazilian activist who was killed by police.

5.     Demand Justice for the family of Thulani Masek, a leading human rights lawyer and political activist in Eswatini who was killed for speaking Truth to Power. 

6.     Ask Alabama Governor to grant clemency to Rocky Myers and save him from wrongful execution. 

7.     Demand Justice for Paul Kagai and Pabai Pabai in Australia. Fighting to save their ancestral lands.

8.     Demand immediate and unconditional release of Rita Karasartova in Kyrgystan. Facing 15 years in prison for peacefully protesting.

9.     Demand full freedom for Chaima Issa, a human rights lawyer activist in Tunisia. She was arrested for speaking out against Tunisian President, Kais Saied.

10.  Demand Justice for Ahmed Mansoor, blogger and human rights activist in UAE. He has been locked up for speaking Truth to Power.

 

Sign All Petitions on-line with one click:

https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/137336/petition/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=utm_write_for_rights&utm_content=Write+for+Rights+Successes+-+November+1+2023

Or Write a Letter for each case and Change a Life by clicking here:

https://act.writeathon.ca/events/write-letters-on-your-own?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=utm_write_for_rights&utm_content=Write+for+Rights+Successes+-+November+1+2023

In hope and solidarity,

Write for Rights Team: 

For questions: Q Contact Amnesty International USA's Write for Rights team: g

  

Amnesty International-USA: Israel - Occupied Palestinian Territories (October 2023)

 

• Amnesty International joins the Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, the UN agencies working in Palestine, and many human rights experts, represented by a long list of UN special procedures, who are also calling for a ceasefire, along with the UN Secretary General and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• An end to unlawful attacks, including indiscriminate attacks, direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects, and disproportionate attacks
• Israel to immediately allow unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid into the occupied Gaza Strip's civilians, lift its 16-year illegal blockade on Gaza, and grant immediate access to the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
• The international community to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on all parties to the conflict given that serious violations amounting to crimes under international law are being committed.
• The International Criminal Court's ongoing investigation into the situation of Palestine to proceed and to receive full support and all necessary resources.
• Hamas and all other armed groups to release unconditionally and immediately all civilian hostages and to treat all those being held captive humanely, including by providing medical treatment, pending their release.
• Israel to release all Palestinians who are arbitrarily detained.
• The root causes of the conflict to be addressed, including through dismantling Israel's system of apartheid against all Palestinians.

Amnesty International Iran Team: Armita Garawand Cover Up

6 October 2023

Iran: Independent investigation into schoolgirl’s critical injuries needed amid mounting evidence of a cover up

The international community must demand that the Iranian authorities allow the UN Fact-Finding Missions and other independent monitors to enter the country to investigate the circumstances leading to the hospitalization of 16-year-old Armita Garawand, who fell unconscious on a Tehran metro train after reports she was assaulted by an enforcer of Iran’s compulsory veiling laws, and has been in a coma since, said Amnesty International, amid mounting evidence of a cover up by the authorities. Click here for more information.