The date commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (link is external) on December 10, 1948, the first document of its kind.
Every year on December 10, Amnesty International holds a global letter-writing event: Write For Rights (in Canada (link is external)).
Thousands of people around the world write handwritten letters calling for action for victims of human rights abuses, and support to political prisoners.
1. Forced marriages of children in Burkina Faso.
2. Homophobic, racist beatings in Greece.
3. A lengthy prison sentence for political tweets in Malaysia.
4. Forty years of solitary confinement in the USA.
5. Arrests, beating, and prison for a peaceful protest in Myanmar.
6. A 15-year prison sentence for defending peaceful activists in Saudi Arabia.
7. Development that destroys indigenous culture, land, and water in Canada.
8. Suffocation, rape, and other torture to elicit a false confession in Mexico.
9. A 30-year prison sentence for a pregnancy loss in El Salvador.
10. Torture and a death sentence for a teenager in Iran.
It doesn't take much time. It's not difficult to do. And it works.
Spend 15 minutes of your day writing a letter or two.
Write like a life depends on it.
Write for Rights
Every year on December 10, Amnesty International holds a global letter-writing event: Write For Rights (in Canada (link is external)).
Thousands of people around the world write handwritten letters calling for action for victims of human rights abuses, and support to political prisoners.
1. Forced marriages of children in Burkina Faso.
2. Homophobic, racist beatings in Greece.
3. A lengthy prison sentence for political tweets in Malaysia.
4. Forty years of solitary confinement in the USA.
5. Arrests, beating, and prison for a peaceful protest in Myanmar.
6. A 15-year prison sentence for defending peaceful activists in Saudi Arabia.
7. Development that destroys indigenous culture, land, and water in Canada.
8. Suffocation, rape, and other torture to elicit a false confession in Mexico.
9. A 30-year prison sentence for a pregnancy loss in El Salvador.
10. Torture and a death sentence for a teenager in Iran.
It doesn't take much time. It's not difficult to do. And it works.
Spend 15 minutes of your day writing a letter or two.
Write like a life depends on it.
Write for Rights
