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Shine a Light at Niagara Falls, illuminated in yellow for Human Rights Day, Dec. 10th

The world shines a light for Human Rights Day

Across 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!

  1. Send your letter-writing report Tell us about your letter-writing for human rights, and add your letters to the global Write for Rights counter.
  2. Read letter-writing Reports Read inspiring letter-writing reports from across Canada.
  3. View photos from Shine a Light events across Canada and add your own! You can also see how people celebrated Shine A Light around the globe on December 10.


Write for Rights updates

Dec 29, 2011

Jabbar Savalan Freed!

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Dec 22, 2011

One million letters for human rights!

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Dec 22, 2011

Good news re: case of Valentina Rosendo Cantú in Mexico.

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Good news regarding our Write for Rights case this year on two indigenous women raped by the Mexican military.

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Dec 22, 2011

Shell 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. [...]

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Letter-writers across Canada speak

I was not able to write till today (Dec 16) but better late than never. I wrote and sent 3 handwritten letters to Yemen, Cameroon and Iran and also sent copies to each of their Ottawa embassies.
Robert Williams wrote 3 letters in Ottawa, ON

Letter writing took place at Trinity United Church on December 3, at Cobourg Public Library on December 10 and the Ruth Clarke Centre in Port Hope
Audrey Herrema wrote 640 letters in Cobourg, ON

Am sending the picture under separate cover
James Sannes wrote 30 letters in Drayton, ON

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