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Prevent Rocky from being executed 

Rocky Myers, USA  Rocky Myers is described by those who know him as gentle and kind. He loves his siblings, children, and grandchildren, and they adore him. He played drums in his church choir.  At age 11, Rocky was diagnosed with an intellectual disability. He finds reading hard and can’t keep...

Threatened for his activism

Thapelo Mohapi and the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement, South Africa     Thapelo Mohapi loves listening to jazz and supporting his favourite football teams, the Mamelodi Sundowns and Manchester City. But right now he can’t enjoy these things like he used to. Since 2021, he has been forced to...

Fighting for reparations from Facebook 

Maung Sawyeddollah, Myanmar  Six years ago, life wasn’t easy for Maung Sawyeddollah, but he enjoyed playing football and dreamed of becoming a doctor. However, in 2017, when he was 15, his life was upended.   The Myanmar military unleashed ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya – an ethnic...

Her son was killed, now she fights for justice 

Ana Maria Santos Cruz – Brazil Ana Maria Santos Cruz is a loving mother. She enjoys attending concerts and cultural events with her daughter in Salvador, Brazil. However, since the death of her son, Pedro Henrique, Ana Maria feels like a part of her has been taken away.   In his short...

If we lose our islands, we lose everything 

Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul, Australia Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul are community leaders from the Guda Maluyligal Nation at the northernmost part of Australia in the Torres Strait. Their Indigenous ancestors have lived on the islands for thousands of years. Now, because of climate change, their way...

Locked Away for Remembering the Victims of a Deadly Crackdown 

Chow Hang-tung, Hong Kong  On 4 June 2021, Chow asked people on social media to light candles in memory of the protesters killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. Chow was arrested for daring to commemorate their lives. Now she is serving 22 months in prison for her activism. Ask Hong Kong to free...

Facing Prison for a Facebook Post  

Shahnewaz Chowdhury, Bangladesh  After their village was destroyed by a storm, Shahnewaz wrote a Facebook post about the impact of a local power plant, linking it to the environmental destruction of his region. He was arrested for his Facebook post, and is now at risk of spending many years in...

Jailed for attending her first protest 

Dorgelesse Nguessan, Cameroon  Dorgelesse protested for the first time to demand action for the state of Cameroon’s economy. During the peaceful demonstrations, Dorgelesse was arrested. She was taken away from her family and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Tell Cameroon to free Dorgelesse...

She opposed the war, now she faces prison 

Aleksandra Skochilenko, Russia  On 31 March 2022, Aleksandra replaced price tags in a local supermarket in Saint Petersburg with little paper labels containing facts about the invasion. Aleksandra was arrested and charged for her peaceful action. She has been held in detention ever since, in...

Invisibility is Discrimination

Yren Rotela and Mariana Sepúlveda, Paraguay  Yren and Mariana have been fighting for years to change their legal names. Without it, transgender people like them cannot get proper access to education, livelihood, opportunities—and even their right to protest and expression. Tell Paraguay to legally...