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.

April 2019:

• Mozambique: Journalist detained without charges (more info)
• Philippines: Critical journalist arrested repeatedly (more info)
• Azerbaijan: Activist arrested on fabricated charges (more info)

March 2019:

• Iran: Women’s right lawyer faces long imprisonment (more info)
• Iran: Wildlife conservationists face death penalty (more info)
• Zimbabwe: Opposition members arrested (more info)

February 2019:

• Somaliland: Poet arrested for calling for government reform (more info)
• US: Unfair treatment of imprisoned Native American activist (more info)
• Cote d’Ivoire: Online activist subjected to torture (more info)

January 2019:

• Mexico: New law would expand mandatory pretrial detention (more info)
• Bahrain: Deported Bahraini at risk of ill-treatment (more info)
• China: Persecution of Christian house church members (more info)

December 2018:

• 2018 Write for Rights campaign

November 2018:

• District Attorney Zappala: refrain from seeking death penalty

October 2018:

• PA: Ask Gov. Wolf to call for abolishing death penalty
• OH: Ask Gov. Kasich to veto dangerous gun rights bills
• Iran: Surian Kurd at risk of execution (more info)

September 2018:

• Egypt: Defender of women’s rights imprisoned without trial (more info)
• Angola: Youth activist disappeared (more info)
• Bangladesh: Photographer arrested for media interview (more info)

July 2018:

• Focus Case – Zunar: Letter to new Malaysian Prime Minister
• Refugee Support Letter to U.S. Senators
• Myanmar: Reuters journalists face prison (more info)
• Guatemala: Land defenders killed (more info)

June 2018:

• Sudan: Death penalty for girl who killed husband in self-defense (more info)
• Russia: Peaceful protester detained (more info)
• Cuba: Prisoner denied contact to family (more info)

April 2018:

• Focus Case – Zunar: Letter to US ambassador
• Egypt: Detained Journalists and Activists (more info)

March 2018:

• Hong Kong: Bookseller detained in China (more info)
• China: Activist repeatedly tortured (more info)
• Myanmar: Journalists arrested for investigating Rohingya crisis (more info)

February 2018:

• Syria: Urgent medical cases need evacuation (more info)

January 2018:

• U.S.: Border officials forcibly separate families (more info)
• Colombia: Killings or land claimant leaders (more info)
• Haiti: Women’s rights leader in danger (more info)

November 2017:

• Nevada: Put moratorium on executions (more info)
• Equitorial Guinea: Cartoonist imprisoned (more info)

September/October 2017:

• Focus case – Zunar: Letter to prime minister
• Focus case – Zunar: Travel ban (more info)
• Focus case – Zunar: U.N. report on cultural rights (more info)
• Myanmar: Stop violence against Rohingya (more info)