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Brave is standing up against injustice. Brave is being a witness. Brave is making your voice heard. Help us defend the brave.

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Watch this space for details of the brave people we will be campaigning for during Write for Rights 2017.
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Facing charges for protesting war crimes
Farid al-Atrash and Issa Amro want an end to Israel’s illegal settlements. For 50 years, Palestinians have suffered immensely under Israel’s...
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30 emails of 20000 Goal

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Mother and daughter raped – demand justice
Claire Yinguinza is a loving mother of eight and grandmother to 11 kids. In December 2013 she was home with her family when a group of armed men...
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890 signatures of 10000 Goal

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Risking their lives to save their land
For the Indigenous Lenca people in Honduras, the land is their life. But mining giants are out to exploit that land. MILPAH, an Indigenous...
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73 signatures of 20000 Goal

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Convicted for protecting the rainforest for his kids
Clovis Razafimalala is a father of two and an environmental activist passionate about protecting Madagascar’s endangered rainforest. However, a...
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99 signatures of 20000 Goal

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Malaysia: stop Hoo Yew Wah’s death sentence
Hoo Yew Wah was arrested at just 20 years old in Malaysia. He was locked up for having drugs on him. Twelve years later, he’s on death row. This...
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11,487 signatures of 20000 Goal

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Made homeless for defending housing rights
Ni Yulan was among thousands whose homes were demolished in the lead-up to the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Without a permanent place to live herself,...
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106 signatures of 20000 Goal

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Demanding the right to be who he is
Did you know transgender people in Finland must be diagnosed with a ‘mental disorder’ and sterilised before being permitted to legally...
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83 emails of 20000 Goal

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Murdered for defending LGBTIQ rights
Xulhaz Mannan was in his apartment with a colleague when men wielding machetes burst in and brutally murdered them. Both men were killed in front of...
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139 emails of 20000 Goal

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Facing charges for searching for her missing husband
When Hanan Badr el-Din’s husband disappeared in July 2013, her life changed for good. Her relentless search for answers has landed her in prison...
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210 signatures of 20000 Goal

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Facing life in prison for a Facebook video
In September 2016, Tadjadine Mahamat Babouri, commonly known as Mahadine, posted videos on Facebook. The videos accused the Chadian government and...
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9,191 emails of 20000 Goal

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Turkey: Defending human rights is not a crime
Update 17/10/17: Today, an Istanbul court accepted the charge of membership of a terrorist organisation and that the pre-trial detention of the...
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8,535 signatures of 20000 Goal

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Resources

Here's all the information you need to take offline action for our cases.
Sakris Kupila, Finland
12 October 2017 | 6:04 pm
Take action to campaign for Sakris Kupila, a Finnish man demanding to be accepted for who he is. ...
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Ni Yulan, China
12 October 2017 | 6:04 pm
Take action to campaign for Ni Yulan, a Chinese woman made homeless for defending housing rights....
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