{"id":2397,"date":"2023-12-08T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/amnesty-international-launches-annual-letter-writing-campaign-amid-clampdown-on-human-rights\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T16:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T09:22:20","slug":"amnesty-international-launches-annual-letter-writing-campaign-amid-clampdown-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/news\/2023\/12\/amnesty-international-launches-annual-letter-writing-campaign-amid-clampdown-on-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International launches annual letter-writing campaign amid clampdown on human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amnesty International is launching its annual global letter-writing campaign<\/a> ahead of Human Rights Day on 10 December, in a bid to transform the lives of people whose rights have been violated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, Amnesty International is campaigning for justice with and for 11 people from around the world, whose human rights have been violated by states and corporations. This year\u2019s campaign includes a Black man with an intellectual disability who was sentenced to death for murder, despite no evidence directly linking him to the crime; a woman who was convicted for trying to help a woman in Poland access a safe abortion; and two indigenous leaders who are taking the Australian government to court to protect their community from rising sea levels caused by climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the world grapples with record levels of conflict, political polarization stoking division and fear, growing inequality, and the existential threat of the climate crisis, the human rights of people the world over are under grave threat. From Ukraine to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Ethiopia to Iran, Myanmar to Poland, and other corners of the world, people are suffering as their human rights are trampled on,\u201d said Agn\u00e8s Callamard, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStates are clamping down on activists and placing people\u2019s rights under threat across the world. People who dare to speak out are facing jail sentences, while women are struggling to access healthcare and governments are taking insufficient action to prevent damage from climate change. That\u2019s why Amnesty International\u2019s global campaign, Write for Rights, is more important than ever before. It provides a way to put the power in the hands of ordinary people, taking extraordinary action to right these wrongs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

Amnesty International\u2019s global campaign, Write for Rights, is more important than ever before. It provides a way to put the power in the hands of ordinary people, taking extraordinary action to right these wrongs.<\/span><\/strong>Agn\u00e8s Callamard, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General<\/cite><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nAgn\u00e8s Callamard, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

Taking just a little bit of time to take action, through writing letters, emails and tweets, and signing petitions really does make a world of difference to the people Amnesty International is supporting through the campaign. Since Write for Rights started in 2001, millions of people have changed the lives of those whose human rights had been stripped from them. More than 50 million actions have been taken and over 100 people featured in our campaign have seen a positive change in their situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, Amnesty International\u2019s campaign features 11 people, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n