Press Release Activists across the globe will mark this year’s Human Rights Day by taking part in the world’s biggest human rights event: Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign. Held annually since 2001, Write for Rights sees people in more than 200 countries and territories take...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On 24 March 2022, Bernardo Caal Xol was released from the penitentiary centre in Cobán after more than four years of imprisonment. The defender’s lawyers reported that a judge had ordered his release for good behaviour. “It’s great news for Bernardo, his family and Guatemala’s Indigenous Mayan...