“Write a letter. Change a life.” This is the spirit of Write for Rights.

Responding to the 10-year sentence handed to Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong for “colluding with foreign forces”, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: 

In addition to plain text, you may optionally upload a photo or scanned copy of your handwritten letter or artwork (PDF, JPEG, JPG, or DOCX).

More than 20 years ago, a group of people came together for a 24-hour letterwriting marathon in support of people whose human rights had been violated.

How can we explain human rights to children? When someone loses their freedom for speaking their mind or standing up for the rights of others, how can we talk to our children about what has happened? 

Every year, people around the world take part in Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign. They write letters in solidarity with people whose human rights have been violated, and to authorities with the power to bring about change, calling on them to address injustice. 

Cambodian private security companies connected to the country’s military, police and powerful business networks have helped sustain a scamming industry built on trafficking, forced labour, torture and slavery, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.

Responding to the sentencing of activists who organized Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: 

Ahead of the third anniversary of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ongoing detention, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said: 

Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas makes this submission in response to the Security Bureau’s public consultation on improving the laws on sexual offences in Hong Kong, launched in July 2026.

Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas makes this submission in response to the one-month public consultation on proposals to improve the laws on sexual offences in Hong Kong, launched by the Security Bureau on 7 July 2026.

This submission outlines Amnesty International’s concerns and recommendations regarding the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention) in Hong Kong, in advance of the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s (the Committee) adoption of the list of issues and subsequent review of Hong Kong. It aims to assist the Committee by highlighting ongoing children’s rights concerns in Hong Kong, while not seeking to provide an exhaustive assessment of all children’s rights issues.