Hasta La Creative!

Every year around International Human Rights Day on December 10th, hundreds of thousands of people around the world send a letter or an e-mail on behalf of someone they’ve never met.

These messages help convince government officials to release people imprisoned for expressing their opinion (called “prisoners of conscience” by Amnesty), stop the use of torture, commute death sentences and end other human rights abuses.

This year’s writeathon focused on 10 women who are imprisoned or persecuted because they defend human rights in their communities.

Writing for rights works. For more than 13 years, writeathons have changed lives and helped to free hundreds of prisoners of conscience. In 2017, more than 5.5 million cards were sent from over 208 countries and territories.