Climate Change
Press Release Leaders at the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must place human rights at its heart by agreeing to rapidly phase out fossil fuels, ensure civil society’s full and free participation in the meeting, and press the Emirati government to release dissidents from...
November 28, 2023
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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...
October 26, 2023
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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...
October 26, 2023
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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...
October 26, 2023
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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...
October 26, 2023
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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...
October 26, 2023
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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...
December 10, 2022
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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...
October 27, 2022
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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...
October 27, 2022
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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...
October 27, 2022
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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...
October 27, 2022
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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...
October 27, 2022