As part of W4R 2021 in Australia, 275,000 actions were taken by 103,000 people.
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20 years of Write for Rights: How your words have the power to change lives
Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty’s work, and 60 years of activism shows us that words have power.
Good news: Myanmar activist Phyoe Phyoe Aung released
Phyoe Phyoe Aung, a student activist from Myanmar jailed for helping to organise a student protest, has been released. Her freedom is a huge victory for human rights and human rights defenders. What happened? Phyoe Phyoe Aung is a young activist and Secretary General of one of Myanmar’s largest student unions. On 10 March 2015, …
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Moses Akatugba officially pardoned
A Nigerian torture victim wrongfully sentenced to death for a crime committed when he was 16 years old has been pardoned following intensive campaigning from Amnesty International supporters across the world. Moses Akatugba, who was on death row following his conviction for stealing three mobile phones 10 years ago and was repeatedly tortured into signing …