Amnesty International - Madison #139: 2024

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

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.

Monday, January 22, 2024

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!