{"id":27787,"date":"2026-11-06T03:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/?page_id=27787"},"modified":"2026-11-06T03:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:11:05","slug":"write-for-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/write-for-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Write for Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-amnesty-core-hero is-aligned-center has-light-background\" style=\"aiic:ignore;background-image:url('https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/signal-2026-10-14-22-57-02-942_002.jpg')\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"hero-contentWrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-title\">\n\t\t\t<span>Write for Rights<\/span>\n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero-content\">WRITE A LETTER, CHANGE A LIFE.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"section-section4\" class=\"section section--tinted\" style=\"\"><div id=\"section4\" class=\"container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4260d558 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--double);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--double)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><div style=\"position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/zh-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/314362.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"aiic-ignore wp-image-28548\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-heading-h2\">What is Write for Rights?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWrite a letter. Change a life.\u201d This is the spirit of Write for Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, a letter can change someone\u2019s life. That is the idea behind Amnesty International\u2019s Write for Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2001, a few Amnesty members in Poland wrote letters for 24 hours straight in support of people whose rights had been violated. More than twenty years later, it happens all over the world \u2014 but it still works the same way. One person, writing one letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, from November to February, supporters around the world take part in Write for Rights, with most activities taking place around December 10 \u2014 Human Rights Day. Together, they write millions of letters in solidarity with people whose human rights have been violated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than 20 years, this global letter-writing campaign has brought people together to stand up for human rights. Today, it is the world\u2019s largest human rights campaign and has helped change the lives of more than 100 people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style>#section-4008a6fc{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fdff28-770x710.jpg\")}@media screen and (min-width:770px){#section-4008a6fc{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fdff28-1468x710.jpg\")}}@media screen and (min-width:1444px){#section-4008a6fc{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fdff28-1920x710.jpg\")}}<\/style><section id=\"section-4008a6fc\" class=\"section section--has-bg-image\" style=\"height:auto;\"><div id=\"4008a6fc\" class=\"container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--double);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--double)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Take action with Write for Rights 2026!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-dark\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-heading-3-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/2026-write-for-rights\/\">Take action<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"section-39dec3d0\" class=\"section\" style=\"\"><div id=\"39dec3d0\" class=\"container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">How does Write for Rights work?<\/h2>\n\n\n<section id=\"section-04235931\" class=\"section\" style=\"\"><div id=\"04235931\" class=\"container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div style=\"position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/zh-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"aiic-ignore wp-image-28554\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--half);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--half)\">People in more than 60 countries and territories support those whose rights have been violated by writing millions of letters, emails and social media posts and signing petitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained 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class=\"aiic-ignore wp-image-28556\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--half);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--half)\">Putting pressure on governments, leaders and decision makers, while showing love and support for people and their families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div style=\"position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/zh-hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"aiic-ignore wp-image-28557\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--half);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--half)\">Making change happen \u2013 releasing activists, securing justice for those whose rights have been wronged and protecting people who fight for change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style>#section-section2{background-image:url(\"\")}@media screen and (min-width:770px){#section-section2{background-image:url(\"\")}}@media screen and (min-width:1444px){#section-section2{background-image:url(\"\")}}<\/style><section id=\"section-section2\" class=\"section section--tinted section--has-bg-image section--bgOrigin-bottom\" style=\"height:auto;\"><div id=\"section2\" class=\"container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4260d558 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--double);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--double)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-heading-h2\">Does Write 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Every year, your letters and actions help make real change happen \u2014 people imprisoned following unfair trials are released, those responsible for human rights violations are held accountable, and people in detention take heart and receive more humane treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u6587\u5b57\u7684\u529b\u91cf\u3011\u4fc4\u7f85\u65af\u7684\u838e\u590f\u91cd\u7372\u81ea\u7531\uff0c\u5979\u60f3\u8981\u8b1d\u8b1d\u4f60\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cjLuZrOrESc?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<div id=\"slider-hcbnwkul\" class=\"slider timeline-dark\"><div class=\"slides-container\"><style class=\"aiic-ignore\">#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-ubsdby{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/ALEKSANDRA-SASHA-SKOCHILENKO-770x710.jpg\")}@media screen and (min-width:1444px){#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-ubsdby{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/ALEKSANDRA-SASHA-SKOCHILENKO-scaled.jpg\")}}#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-gauzlo{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/RITA-KARASARTOVA-720x710.jpg\")}@media screen and (min-width:1444px){#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-gauzlo{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/RITA-KARASARTOVA-720x710.jpg\")}}#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-vmjvabm{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/JOANAH-MAMOMBE-AND-CECILLIA-CHIMBIRI-770x710.jpg\")}@media screen and (min-width:1444px){#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-vmjvabm{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/JOANAH-MAMOMBE-AND-CECILLIA-CHIMBIRI-scaled.jpg\")}}#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-vjnwjm{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/GERMAIN-RUKUKI-770x710.jpg\")}@media screen and (min-width:1444px){#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-vjnwjm{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/GERMAIN-RUKUKI-scaled.jpg\")}}#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-hpfgw{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/GULZAR-DUISHENOVA-770x710.jpg\")}@media screen and (min-width:1444px){#slider-hcbnwkul #slide-hpfgw{background-image:url(\"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2026\/11\/GULZAR-DUISHENOVA-scaled.jpg\")}}<\/style><div class=\"slides\"><div id=\"slide-ubsdby\" class=\"slide\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\n\t<div class=\"slide-contentWrapper\" data-tooltip=\"Tap here to return to gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"slide-contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"slide-title\">ALEKSANDRA (SASHA) SKOCHILENKO<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Russian authorities arrested and detained artist and anti-war activist Aleksandra (Sasha) Skochilenko in April 2022 for replacing price tags at a grocery shop with information about Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. 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His family fled the country for fear of reprisals. Germain will soon be reunited with his family, after more than 400,000 actions calling for his release.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slider-toggleContent\">Toggle Content<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"slide-hpfgw\" class=\"slide\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\n\t<div class=\"slide-contentWrapper\" data-tooltip=\"Tap here to return to gallery\">\n\t\t<div class=\"slide-contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"slide-title\">GULZAR DUISHENOVA<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Gulzar Duishenova\u2019s campaign for disability rights paid off in March 2019 when Kyrgyzstan finally signed up to the Disability Rights Convention. Supporters wrote nearly 250,000 messages backing her calls.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slider-toggleContent\">Toggle Content<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<button class=\"slides-arrow slides-arrow--next\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Next<\/button>\n\t\t<button class=\"slides-arrow slides-arrow--previous\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Previous<\/button>\n\t\t<div class=\"slider-navContainer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><nav class=\"slider-nav\"><button class=\"slider-navButton\" key=\"Aleksandra Skochilenko\" data-slide-index=\"0\">Aleksandra Skochilenko<\/button><button class=\"slider-navButton\" key=\"RITA KARASARTOVA\" data-slide-index=\"1\">RITA KARASARTOVA<\/button><button class=\"slider-navButton\" key=\"JOANAH MAMOMBE AND CECILLIA CHIMBIRI\" data-slide-index=\"2\">JOANAH MAMOMBE AND CECILLIA CHIMBIRI<\/button><button class=\"slider-navButton\" key=\"GERMAIN RUKUKI\" data-slide-index=\"3\">GERMAIN RUKUKI<\/button><button class=\"slider-navButton\" key=\"GULZAR DUISHENOVA\" data-slide-index=\"4\">GULZAR DUISHENOVA<\/button><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":50000028606,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hero_title":"","_hero_content":"","_hero_cta_text":"","_hero_cta_link":"","_hero_alignment":"","_hero_background":"","_hero_size":"","_hero_show":"","_hero_type":"","_hero_embed":"","_hero_video_id":0,"_hero_hide_image_caption":true,"_hero_hide_image_copyright":false,"_nav_style":"","_disable_share_icons":false,"_disable_sidebar":false,"_display_author_info":false,"_hide_featured_image":false,"_hide_featured_image_caption":true,"_maximize_post_content":true,"_reduce_content_width":false,"_sidebar_id":0,"_stretch_thumbnail":false,"byline_context":"","byline_entity":"","byline_is_author":false,"disable_related_content":false,"download_id":0,"download_text":"","show_published_date":true,"show_updated_date":true,"term_slider":"","amnesty_index_number":"","recipients":"","recipients_refresh":"","recipients_refreshed":"","footnotes":""},"category":[],"location":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-27787","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=27787"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=27787"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyhk.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=27787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}