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.

Why you should #StandAsMyWitness

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Narges Mohammadi
Iran

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Bacede Mabuza y Mthandeni Dube
Eswatini
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Buzurgmehr Yorov

Tajikistan

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Chow Hang-Tung
Hong Kong
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Ahmed Mansoor
United Arab Emirates

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Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja
Bahrain

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Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov
Tajikistan
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Viasna human rights defenders 
Belarus
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Kenia Hernández
Mexico

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Hoda Abdel Moneim
Egypt

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Khurram Parvez
India
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Kamira Nait Sid
Algeria
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José Rubén Zamora
Guatemala

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Take Action!

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:

  1. Narges Mohammadi

  2. Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube

  3. Buzurgmehr Yorov

  4. Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja

  5. Ahmed Mansoor

  6. Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov

  7. Viasna human rights defenders

  8. Kenia Hernandez

  9. Hoda Abdel Moneim

  10. Khurram Parvez

  11. Kamira Nait Sid 

  12. Chow Hang-Tung

  13. José Rubén Zamora

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.

HRDs Map

Your actions make a difference!

With your support, #StandAsMyWitness proudly joined successful global calls for the release of:

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Sudha Bharadwaj
India
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Teresita Naul
Philippines

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Professor Muhammad Ismail
Pakistan
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Christine Kamikazi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Térence Mpozenzi & Egide Harerimana
Burundi
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Asya Tulesova
Kazakhstan

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Loujain Al-Hathloul
Saudi Arabia

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Moudi Moussa, Halidou Mounkaila & Maikoul Zodi
Niger

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Guapinol Water Defenders

Honduras

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Zakaria Hannache
Algeria

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Maria Esperanza Sanchez
Nicaragua
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Medardo Mairena and Pedro Mena
Nicaragua
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Obert Masaraure

Zimbabwe

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Virginia Laparra
Guatemala

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Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan
Bangladesh

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Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iran

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Leanid Sudalenka and Tatsiana Lasitsa

Belarus

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Floriane Irangabiye
Burundi

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