![]() Shine a Light at Niagara Falls, illuminated in yellow for Human Rights Day, Dec. 10th |
The world shines a light for Human Rights DayAcross Canada and around the world, hundreds of thousands of Amnesty International supporters are writing letters to mark International Human Rights Day, December 10th. Don’t miss your chance to take part in Write for Rights 2011!
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Write for Rights updates
Good news re: case of Valentina Rosendo Cantú in Mexico.

Good news regarding our Write for Rights case this year on two indigenous women raped by the Mexican military.
> Read MoreShell spills 40,000 more barrels of oil in the Niger Delta today

In tragic news, Shell has reported to have spilt an additional 40,000 barrels of oil off the coast of Nigeria. [...]
> Read MoreJoin letter-writers in more than
80 countries around the world.
Letter-writers across Canada speak
Marcella Jane Charlton wrote 60 letters in Nepean, ON
My partner and 9-year-old daughter hand-wrote about a dozen letters and cards and together last night and today, and I was inspired to join their efforts this afternoon.
Coreen Hanson wrote 4 letters in Nanaimo, BC
In spite of out-of-town commitment today, I wrote 2 more letters than I had promised and wish I could write more!
Lynda Strutt wrote 7 letters in Quesnel, BC
View our coast-to-coast map and hear from more letter-writers.
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