With one click, you can take action for all ten Write for Rights cases! That’s ten times the impact!  

Write for Rights is the world’s biggest human rights event, where millions of people around the world come together to protect the rights of others, standing in solidarity with courageous people who are facing human rights abuses. 

When we come together to challenge injustice the results can be truly amazing.  Since it began over 20 years ago, Write for Rights has changed the lives of so many people.

Read about the people we are uniting behind this year. One click and you can sign the petitions of all 10.  

ANGOLA: Neth Nahara, a mother of two young children , was jailed for criticizing Angola’s president on TikTok. She was summarily tried, convicted, and sentenced to six months in prison – later increased to two years. Sign the petition and call on the authorities for her immediate and unconditional release.

CANADA: Wetʼsuwetʼen land defenders are being criminally prosecuted just for defending their lands. Now they are fighting for its very survival, and the survival of our planet during a global climate crisis. Sign the petition and help them protect their land.

SOUTH KOREA: Kyung Seok Park refuses to wait any longer for the rights of people with disabilities to be fully recognized in South Korea. Despite facing violence and harassment, he continues to fight so people with disabilities can live freely and fully in South Korea. Help him take action now.

ARGENTINA: Joel Paredes was blinded in one eye by rubber bullets at a peaceful protest. No one has been held accountable. Sign the petition and add your voice to Joel’s to bring those responsible to justice.

VIETNAM: Dang Dinh Bach is an envirnomental lawyer who dedicates his life to protecting people in Viet Nam from pollution and the climate crisis. On 24 June 2021, he was arrested for alleged tax evasion, a tactic used by the authorities to silence environmental activists. He was sentenced to five years in prison. Sign the petition and call on Viet Nam to free Bach immediately.

TURKEY: Professor Şebnem Korur Fincancı has helped thousands in her home country of Türkiye and around the world by advocating for the eradication of torture. Now she needs your help to defend herself against the relentless hostility of the Turkish authorities. She won’t be silenced in her fight for human rights.

BELARUS: Maryia Kalesnikava challenged the repressive Belarus government. On 7 September 2020, Maryia was abducted by the Belarus authorities, detained, and later sentenced to 11 years in prison on false charges. Maryia’s family haven’t heard from her for over a year. Sign the petition and help bring her home.

SAUDI ARABIA: Manahel al-Otaibi is serving an 11-year prison sentence in Saudi Arabia. A brave defender of women’s rights, a “terrorism” court gave her an incredibly harsh punishment merely for promoting women’s rights and expressing herself on social media. Sign the petition and demand the Saudi Arabian authorities free her immediately.

EGYPT: Oqba Hashad has been held by Egyptian authorities in pretrial detention since May 2019, in retaliation for his brother’s human rights activism. The 27 year old was forcibly disappeared, tortured and denied the prosthetic leg he has used to move unassisted since a childhood accident. Sign the petition and demand his immediate release.

THAILAND: Manun Wongmasoh and two other transgender women gave an interview about LGBTI rights in the Muslim community that became viral. The three women subsequently faced an offline and online backlash by internet users, primarily male teenagers, which included anti-LGBTI comments and private messages to their personal social media accounts’ inboxes. Sign the petition and demand the Thailand government to take all the necessary steps to ensure that all women, girls and LGBTI people can freely and safely exercise their right to freedom of expression in digital spaces.