Chelsea Manning JAILED AFTER EXPOSING POSSIBLE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES Transgender US Army Private Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison on August 21, 2013, after leaking classified US government material to the website Wikileaks. Some of the documents pointed to potential human rights violations and breaches of humanitarian law by US troops abroad, … Continue reading Write for Rights 2014 Case #8: Chelsea Manning →

Raif Badawi IMPRISONMENT AND 1,000 LASHES FOR A WEBSITE In May 2014, Raif Badawi was jailed for 10 years. His sentence also included 1,000 lashes, a 10-year travel ban, and a lifetime ban from appearing on media outlets once he is released. What was Raif’s so-called crime? Violating Saudi Arabia’s information technology law and insulting … Continue reading Write for Rights 2014 Case #7: Raif Badawi →

Join us for the Pittsburgh Write-a-thon and Human Rights Festival on Monday, December 8th, 6-9 pm at Calvary Episcopal Church Murad Shtewi COMMUNITY LEADER TARGETED FOR ACTIVISM Palestinian activist Murad Shtewi is an outspoken human rights defender from the Palestinian village of Kufr Qadum in the occupied West Bank. Every week, his community holds a … Continue reading Write for Rights 2014 Case #6: Murad Shtewi →