JOIN AI'S 2010 GLOBAL WRITE-A-THON & WRITE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!

WRITING a letter for someone being denied their human rights is the least one can do, so I hope you will sign up for and participate in Amnesty International's letter righting campaign to be held on 10 DEC. PLEASE participate, and share with family and friends. And if you doubt it will do any good just check Amnesty's campaign page for updates. Also, many of the people letters are being written for find out about the letter writing campaigns, and it gives them hope while they are being detained because they know they haven't been forgotten....

	We've seen it happen before - your letters can open prison doors, shield people from violence and shine a light in the darkest of all corners. Join the 2010 Global Write-a-thon and write for human rights!

		When was the last time you wrote a letter? Not emailed...but really wrote a letter. What if I told you that writing a letter could help save a life? We've got nearly 50 years of history that proves this fact. It was a letter of passion written in 1961 by Amnesty's founder, Peter Benenson, that ignited a movement that's now more than 2.8 million strong. It was a letter of solidarity sent by many, but for the cause of one, that helped lead to the release of Egyptian prisoner of conscience and 2009 Write-a-thon case Musaad Abu Fagr from indefinite detention. It is a letter of thanks signed by a person who has experienced unthinkable human rights abuses that both warms our hearts and fuels our fire.
		So it should be no surprise that it's a letter of hope that I'm asking you to pledge to write now. Join Write for Rights - the world's largest letter writing event. In the days surrounding Human Rights Day - December 10 - people from more than 50 countries will unite to write letters on behalf of those in danger of severe human rights abuses. Our global network of activists, acting independently and in groups of various sizes, will then go to work sending truckloads-worth of letters and postcards to repressive governments and other officials responsible for neglecting human rights. In the U.S., we will shine our light on 12 specific cases from around the world who are in need your support and solidarity, including: Aung San Suu Kyi - democracy icon imprisoned in Myanmar for most of the past 21 years after winning elections by a landslide Majid Tavakkoli - a student leader imprisoned in Iran for speaking at a peaceful demonstration marking Student Day. Women of Atenco - beaten and raped by police and left without justice in Mexico Your words have power. They can bring freedom. They can deliver justice. But most importantly, they can offer hope and let human rights defenders around the world know that they are not alone. Thank you for standing up to Write for Rights! Michael O'Reilly Senior Campaign Director Individuals at Risk Amnesty International USA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter