2026 Amnesty International Write 4 Rights Campaign

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF WRITE FOR RIGHTS!

Write For Rights is Amnesty International’s largest annual letter-writing campaign. People like you around the world write letters on behalf of individuals in urgent need of help.

Thanks to the power of your words, Neth Nahara, who was arrested for exercising her right to freedom of expression, is now free following a presidential pardon. Through collective grassroots action, you can help persuade government officials to free other individuals unjustly imprisoned and demand justice for past human rights abuses.

The 2026 Write for Rights campaign centers on three primary human rights challenges: freedom of expression and dissent, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and protection from arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, featuring specific cases of targeted activists globally.

How to Get Involved:

• Access Resources: Register, order event packets, and download toolkits through the Amnesty International Sign-Up Page or the Amnesty International Document Library.

• Take Action: Participate around Human Rights Day on December 10 by writing letters, signing petitions, and advocating for the release of political prisoners and protection of activists.

Learn more about each Write For Rights 2026 case below:

MOTHER NATURE CAMBODIA

Convicted for Protecting the Environment

Cambodia

GUERRERAS POR LA AMAZONIA

Fighting to Protect our Amazon, and Your Future

Equador

JUAN LOPEZ

Defender of Rivers and Forests Murdered

Honduras

DAMISOA

Displaced by Droughts and Facing Starvation

Madagascar

SAI ZAW THAIKE

Locked Up and Beaten for his Journalism

Myanmar

ELLINOR GUTTORM UTSI

Fighting to Protect their Ancestral Lands and Culture

Norway

UNECEBO MBOTENI

Lost his Life Where he Should Have Been Safe

South Africa

SONIA DAHMANI

Silenced for Speaking Out

Tunisia

LEQAA KORDIA

Release Detained Protestor

United States

September 28, 2026: Two-Day Oslo Conference Concludes with Joint Human Rights Principles and Discussions on Joint Action

 

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); 28 September 2026: The sixth Oslo conference organised by Iran Human Rights concluded after two days of discussions between Iranian opposition parties and organisations with diverse political backgrounds. The conference included closed-door discussions on possibilities for joint human rights action and a public ceremony at which representatives of participating organisations signed the Minimum Human Rights Principles. The dialogue will continue, with the aim of identifying and pursuing concrete human rights actions across political divides. Fifteen opposition parties and organisations have endorsed the Minimum Human Rights Principles, developed through a year-long dialogue facilitated by Iran Human Rights. Representatives of 12 of the organisations were present in Oslo for the conference, entitled “Iran’s Human Rights Crisis: From Shared Principles to Joint Action.” Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Director of Iran Human Rights, said: “The signing of the Minimum Human Rights Principles by 15 opposition parties and organisations with different political backgrounds, views and programmes is a significant step. It shows that we can disagree profoundly on political questions while respecting each other’s fundamental rights. Building a culture of democracy and human rights cannot wait until after political change; it has to begin with how we treat each other today.” He added: “The real significance of what happened in Oslo will be determined by what follows. If groups with profound political differences can defend each other’s fundamental rights and take concrete action when the rights of people anywhere in Iran are violated, they are not only defending human rights today; they are also helping to build the democratic and human rights culture that a future Iran will need.”

Click this link for more information: https://iranhr.net/en/transitions/9061

Iranian Opposition Groups Sign Joint Human Rights Principles in Oslo

 

26 September 2026:

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); Fifteen Iranian opposition parties and organisations from across the political spectrum have endorsed a joint document affirming their commitment to fundamental human rights principles. Representatives of twelve of the signatory organisations gathered in Oslo today to formally sign the document, following months of dialogue facilitated by IHRNGO).

IHRNGO Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam stated: “Today’s signing marks an important step for the Iranian opposition. It demonstrates that parties and organisations with different political and ideological perspectives can engage in dialogue, develop a common document and commit to its principles.

Signatories:

Democratic Front of Iran

Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz

Left Party of Iran

Azerbaijan Democratic Party

Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan

Azerbaijan Democracy and Development Party

Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK)

Worker-Communist Party of Iran (WPI)

Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan

Komala Party of Kurdistan

Balochistan People’s Party

Strategic Council of Republicans inside Iran

Iran Transition Council

Turkmen Sahra Cooperation Council

Solidarity of Iranian Republicans

Amnesty International - Anti Death Penalty: Webinar

 

• We start with the World Day Against the Death Penalty in October. To mark the day we will be holding a webinar on 5 October at 7pm in which we will introduce a new campaign theme – the death penalty as a tool of state oppression.
• For our news articles we start in Egypt where TV presenter Sarah Kalifa has been sentenced to death by hanging along with 11 other defendants in violation once again of international law.
• Then we have yet another awful story from Iran where Taraneh Rahimi has been sentenced to death on charges of ‘Moharebah’ or ‘waging war against God’, primarily arising from her alleged participation in the recent protests there.
• We have two stories from the USA. We start with Francis Clifford Smith who has died in prison aged 101 having served seventy years on death row during which time he was reprieved eight times! We also have the story of Tyler Robinson, charged with the killing of Charlie Kirk. A judge has ruled that prosecutors can seek the death penalty.
• Then back home to Britain where Lee Anderson has once again been advocating for a return to the death penalty.
• We have an urgent action for you to get involved with, this time from Libya where 50 men are in imminent risk of execution following 30 other executions carried out by the LAAF. Do please look at this and take part.
• Our death penalty video is presented by the ACLU and is a really informative look at how the death penalty works in the USA. Finally, our death penalty fact looks at the operation of the death penalty in Japan.

Thank you all so much for your continued support of Amnesty’s campaign against the death penalty.

World Day Against the Death Penalty webinar

Last month we let you know that we would be running a webinar to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty. The webinar will mark the launch our latest campaign highlighting the use of the death penalty as a tool of repression and intimidation. The webinar will take place on Monday 5 October starting at 7.00pm and will last around one hour.  During the webinar we will:   •    explain the purpose of the campaign •    hear from Country Coordinators representing China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, countries that are all guilty of this practice •    tell you what we plan to do during the campaign including an event to be held in the New Year •    explain how you can get involved. This promises to be a really informative and stimulating session from activists who really understand what is happening in these countries. Join us if you can, registeration button is below:

Register for the webinar here

Join Amnesty's Activism Conferences

Register by August 29th for half off admission!

Southern Conference - Houston, TX
September 25th - 26th

Northeast Conference - Manhattan, NY
September 26th - 27th

Western Conference - Los Angeles, CA
October 3rd - 4th

Mid-Atlantic Conference - Baltimore, MD
October 23rd - 24th

Midwest Conference - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
October 24th - 25th

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IHRNGO Receives Award at 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty

 

IHRNGO has been awarded the Documentation Award at the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, held in Paris from 30 June to 2 July 2026. Organised by Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), the congress brought together over 1,300 global delegates to strategise on the universal abolition of the death penalty. The award was also dedicated to the “No Death Penalty Tuesdays” abolitionist movement behind bars which is staging its 129th weekly hunger strikes today.

Iran Human Rights for 2025 : End Systematic Repression of Human Rights Defenders

 The 6th Annual Human Rights Report for 2025 was published by the Swedish Iran Human Rights Organization: 

                                End Systematic Repression of Human Rights Defenders in Iran

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