Write for Rights

Imagine this: you are in prison because you spoke out against the government. Thousands of people from all over the world send a letter to the president, calling for your release. The same people also send you a card with a kind message. This is Write for Rights.

Take action

Write for Rights is the world’s largest letter-writing campaign. Every year in November and December, tens of thousands of people around the globe take action for victims of grave injustice. People gather to write in schools, museums, libraries, bookshops, and living rooms. Together we write hundreds of thousands of letters and cards to authorities, urging them to end these injustices. Many thousands also sign the letters online. And it works: every year, people are freed and injustice is stopped. Will you write with us this year?

This year, we are writing for:

• Damisoa from Madagascar. He fled famine in the south with his family, but now lives in dire conditions in the northwest.

• Ellinor from Norway. She fights for the rights of her Sámi community as the construction of an industrial wind farm threatens traditional reindeer herding.

• Fifteen young women and girls from Ecuador, known as Guerreras por la Amazonía. They demand the government ban the toxic gas flares of the oil industry.

• Unecebo Mboteni from South Africa. He was only 3 years old when he died after falling into an open toilet at his preschool. No one has been held accountable.

• Saleh Diab from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. He and his family are at risk of losing their home to Israeli settlers who want to evict them.

• Sai Zaw Thaike from Myanmar. The photojournalist was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison for reporting on the devastation left by Cyclone Mocha.

• Mother Nature Cambodia. Members of this organization campaign against environmentally harmful projects by companies and the government. Five of them are now imprisoned.

• Juan López from Honduras. He stood up against polluting mining and energy projects. On 14 September 2024, he was shot dead. Those behind the killing remain free.

• Sonia Dahmani from Tunisia. This lawyer regularly speaks out against injustice in the media. On 11 May 2024, she was arrested and has since been held under terrible conditions.

• Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy from Kyrgyzstan. As editor-in-chief, she exposed corruption. In January 2024, police arrested her. She has been sentenced to six years in prison.