Good News

On 26 June a Sudanese court repealed Noura Hussein’s death sentence and replaced it with a five-year prison term.

Sudanese human rights activist Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam has been released from prison and all charges against him have been dropped.

Erkin Musaev, a former Uzbekistani government official and UN employee, who was tortured and then wrongly imprisoned by the authorities, has written a letter of thanks to Amnesty International following his early release from prison last week

Good news! All 28 men arrested on suspicion of being gay are now free

150,000 letters called on the Peruvian government to protect Máxima Acuña from harassment.

Sudan's Court of Appeal quashes Ferdous’ conviction.

The Supreme Court of Uganda struck down a bill that would enable discrimination towards LGBTI people

A new law threatened to eliminate vital progress on protecting women in Afghanistan. Thanks to international pressure, the law was vetoed by President Karzai.

Dhondup Wangchen was imprisoned in China for speaking out for his filmmaking on Tibet, but has been released.

8 human rights successes in 2015 that your continued support has helped achieve.

Meriam Ibrahim faced apostasy charges in Sudan for refusing to renounce her Christianity. Your support helped her get free.

Every year your actions change lives, here are a few good reasons to take part in Write for Rights.

The release of Ibrahimn Halawa is a resounding victory. Over the last four years, thousands of people stood in solidarity to free Ibrahim. Almost 30,000 people took action calling for his immediate and unconditional release.