On this page, we are posting cases for which we did letter writing actions at our meetings. Sample letters for each case are also included. Please take a few minutes to write one or a few! It is always preferred to write a letter by hand in your own words (but you can use the sample letter as a guidance). However, if you are in a rush, just signing a sample letter is also useful.
January 2021:
- China: COVID-19 journalist detailed and ill-treated (more info)
- US: Stop federal executions in Trump’s last weeks (more info)
- Egypt: Human rights leaders being prosecuted
December 2020:
November 2020:
- US: Rate of federal executions increasing (more info)
- Nigeria: Police brutality against protestors (more info)
- PA: No impunity for police misconduct (more info)
October 2020:
- US: Release families from ICE facilities afflicted by COVID-19
- Greece: Former residents of Moria refugee camp need help
- Focus case: Ask Saudi King to release activists on occasion of G20
September 2020:
- PA: Ask Gov. Wolf to stop police violations against BLM protesters
- US: Suspend federal executions
- Focus case: Congressional letter calling for release of prisoners in Saudi Arabia
July 2020:
- Governor Wolf: Release families from immigration detention
- US: Justice in Policing Act for police accountability
- US: Prevent deportation of asylum seeker and human rights activist
- Focus case: Ask E.U. to intervene at G20 in Saudi Arabia
- Focus case: Ask companies to raise human rights at B20 summit in Saudi Arabia
May 2020:
- PA equity task force for COVID response (more info)
- South Sudan: Minor faces death penalty
- Focus case: Release Mohammad al-Qahtani (more info)
April 2020:
- US: COVID-19 risk in immigration detention (more info)
- Saudi Arabia: Palestinians facing unfair trial (more info)
- Focus case: Business between Saudi Arabia and Pittsburgh must acknowledge human rights (backgound info here and here)
March 2020:
- India: Right to peaceful protests (more info)
- EU: Treat migrants with dignity (more info)
- Focus case: Business between Saudi Arabia and Pittsburgh must acknowledge human rights (more info on the business side here)
February 2020:
- PA House: Allow vote on common-sense gun reform
- US Senate: Stop the Muslim Ban (more info)
- Focus case: Release ACPRA co-founders (more info)
January 2020:
- Myanmar: Imprisoned members of satirical poetry troupe (more info)
- UAE: Blogger held in dire conditions (more info)
- Turkey: Free author Ahmet Altan (more info)
December 2019:
November 2019:
- Arizona: Immigrant aid worker charged
(success: defendant was acquitted!) - Texas: Potentially innocent black man faces death penalty
(update: execution has been suspended) - Focus case: International Saudi investment conference
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