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Write for Rights
WRITE FOR RIGHTS Sacramento 2021
Join your community to participate in the world's largest human rights event .
Friday December 10th (International Human Rights Day!)
Drop in between 3:30 - 6:30 PM
Location: the Sierra 2 Center Garden Room. 2791 24th Street
Missed the event? You can still participate!
Just click here to find all the resources you need to send your messages of support to human rights defenders around the world.
Make sure you use the online form to let us know which messages you sent so we can add them to our totals.
2019 community Write for Rights events in Sacramento
How to write an effective advocacy letter
(and address an envelope!)
How can you participate if you cannot attend the in-person Write for Rights event?
2021 W4R Resources
Recent W4R Success Stories:
Women Human Rights Defender Nassima Al-Sada was released from prison in Saudi Arabia in June 2021. Nassima's case was highlighted in last year's W4R!
TEAR-GASSED LGBT STUDENTS CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES
In 2019, Melike, Özgür, and 17 other Turkish students organized a sit-in to protest the school’s ban on their Pride march. That peaceful protest was met with an overwhelming police presence which quickly escalated to the use of tear gas, physical violence, and arrests. The students were charged with “participating in an unlawful assembly” and faced up to three years in prison.
Amnesty supporters rallied in support of them and sent nearly 500,000 letters demanding they be cleared of all charges — because they were simply standing up for their human rights.
This month, that outcry broke through — Melike, Özgür, and the other 17 people who participated in the protest were acquitted! This is the power of mass advocacy — This is the power of our voice when we speak in unison.
More Suceess stories from past years click here
Amnesty International
Sacramento - Group 283
Sacramento, CA
amnestys