11 chances to make a difference
During Write for Rights Amnesty supporters and activists challenge injustices anywhere and everywhere they exist.
These injustices include the imprisonment of people like Germain, targeted because they stand up for human rights. Germain worked for a non-governmental organisation in Burundi. Under a nationwide crackdown, workers like Germain were imprisoned on sham charges.
Others targeted because they stand up for human rights include journalist Khaled, imprisoned for reporting on protests in Algeria. In Myanmar, so is satirist Paing.
Human rights researchers Idris was abducted for exposing disappearances in Pakistan. His daughter Talia is campaigning for his release, despite being warned not to.
“I look at pictures of Papa, and only dream of him
walking into the room to be with us again.”
Talia, Idris’s 20 year old daughter.
The injustices we need to challenge include the failure of governments to hold those responsible for human rights abuses to account, and to bring them to justice.
Police around the world have, all too often, also failed to properly investigate this violence against women. These failures mean the families of women like Popi and Bogeka, murdered on a night out, never get justice.
In Australia, LGBTQI+ people continue to be the targets of conversion practices, which tell them they’re broken.
Together, we can challenge injustice to make a real difference in the lives of these people and their families.
Everyday ordinary people stand up for freedom, equality and justice we move closer to a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.
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