Stand As My Witness

STAND AS MY WITNESS

Imagine being in prison? The ‘crime’? Speaking up and standing for what you believe in.

Hundreds of people - fathers, mothers, sons, daughters - are behind bars, harassed and persecuted for standing up for rights - for a free press, to protect the environment and equality, campaigning for a government that listens, and more.

These human rights defenders are asking you to #StandAsMyWitness

Add your voice. Take Action and call for their release.

Narges Mohammadi
Iran

Bacede Mabuza y Mthandeni Dube
Eswatini

Buzurgmehr Yorov

Tajikistan

Chow Hang-Tung
Hong Kong

Ahmed Mansoor
United Arab Emirates

Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja
Bahrain

Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov
Tajikistan

Viasna human rights defenders
Belarus

Kenia Hernández
Mexico

Hoda Abdel Moneim
Egypt

Khurram Parvez
India

Kamira Nait Sid
Algeria

José Rubén Zamora
Guatemala

Your actions make a difference. No action is too small. Human rights defenders, who bravely stand up against injustice and fight for the rights of others, need your support now more than ever. Every act of solidarity, no matter how small, contributes to the larger movement for justice and freedom.

What you can do:

1. Engage on social media.

Use this social media toolkit to share your messages of solidarity.

2. Send a Letter.

Help us demand the immediate release of activists featured in our campaign. You will find template letters for each of them! Take a look. Choose 1, or if you have time 2. Write to their respective governments and demand their release:

3. Share the details of HRDs not mentioned in our Interactive Map.

Do you know any human rights defenders in detention or facing judicial harassment that you would like us to profile? Tell us about them by following the link below.