Amnesty International's Global Write-a-thon is December 3-11, 2011. This is a great way to celebrate International Human Rights Day on December 10. This year there are 15 cases that cover Student and Youth Activism, Freedom of Expression, Women's Rights, LGBT Rights, Indefinite Detention, Justice, and Right to Housing. The specific cases are:
Jabbar Savalan
AZERBAIJAN - Youth activist detained after using Facebook
Majid Tavakkoli & Behareh Hedayat
IRAN - Youth leaders imprisoned for speaking out
Liu Xiaobo
CHINA - Nobel Peace Prize laureate imprisoned
Jalila al-Salman & Mahdi Abu Dheeb
BAHRAIN - Teachers detained for supporting pro-reform efforts
Filep Karma
INDONESIA - Jailed for raising a flag
Inés Fernández Ortega & Valentina Rosendo Cantú
MEXICO - Indigenous women raped by soldiers
Jean-Claude Roger Mbede
CAMEROON - Imprisoned on charges of "homosexuality"
Women of Zimbabwe Arise
ZIMBABWE - Human rights activists at risk
Shin Sook-ja & others at Yodok Political Prison Camp
NORTH KOREA - Families imprisoned for life
Shaker Aamer
USA (Guantánamo) - Indefinite detention
Reggie Clemons
USA - Facing execution in Missouri
Ragihar Manoharan
SRI LANKA - Student killed by security forces
Christi Cheramie
USA - Juvenile life imprisonment without parole
Fatima Hussein Badi
YEMEN - Death penalty following an unfair trial
Residents of Port Harcourt Settlements
NIGERIA - Forced evictions of communities
For more information on any of the Write-a-thon, cases, resources, success stories: http://www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon/
