For many years, Amnesty International and its 3.2 million members have stood up for human rights by organizing Write for Rights - an annual global letter-writing marathon. People from over 80 countries come together to support individuals and communities suffering human rights abuses. Today, with our support, Amnesty will mark the International Human Rights Da y by building a new digital platform for this year’s Write for Rights Marathon. Julio de Peña Valdez , a released prisoner of conscience from the Dominican Republic said after his release, “The letters kept coming and coming: three thousand of them. The president was informed. The letters still kept arriving, and the president called the prison and told them to let me go. After I was released, the president called me to his office. He said: 'How is it that a trade union leader like you has so many friends from all over the world?' He showed me an enormous box full of letters he had received and, when we parted, he gave them to me.”Posted by William Echikson, Head of Free Expression, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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