Events

Amnesty supporters will gather at St. Catharines City Hall on Dec. 2nd from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. to raise the Amnesty International flag with Mayor Mat Siscoe and other dignitaries.

Eglinton St. George's United Church and Amnesty Group 65 will co-host a Write for Rights event on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024, from 7 to 9 pm. Join us for the world's largest human rights campaign in the North Studio room on the lower level. All are welcome!

Join us for Write for Rights in Winnipeg and enjoy finger food and non-alcoholic wassail. We will write letters and sign petitions concerning human rights violations and send greeting cards to support political prisoners.

Join us for a meaningful session at L'Arche Cape Breton as we come together to write letters in support of political prisoners around the world. This event is part of the global Write for Rights campaign, where your letters can make a significant difference in someone's life. Let’s unite in this effort to advocate for […]

Join us for Write for Rights online in Saskatchewan. Write letters in support of those whose rights have been wronged. Hosted by Amnesty International Regina (Group 91) and Amnesty International Saskatoon (Group 33). You are invited: Thursday, December 5th at 7:00pm: Amnesty International Saskatchewan ~ Write for Rights (online) Connect with human rights activists – we […]

Join the world’s largest human rights campaign for a letter-writing event at 3191 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, on Dec. 7, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Your letters can help make a difference.

Inviting friends, family, and community members to join in a meaningful and impactful event at home to support the Write for Rights campaign.

Write a Letter.  Change a Life. Join other people concerned about Human Rights worldwide and write letters of advocacy and support for persons imprisoned and/or persecuted for their beliefs.  Paper, pens, background information and light refreshments will be provided.

Join the world's largest human rights campaign in downtown Vancouver! Watch Write for Rights videos, write letters, and create solidarity messages. Pens, paper, coffee, tea, juice, and cookies are all supplies. Everyone is welcome; no previous experience is required! The entrance to the 312 Main building is beside the bus stop on Cordova.

Drop-in event to Write for Rights in Aurora/Newmarket. Use your pen to protect human rights activists around the world. All materials supplied. No experience is necessary. Light refreshments will be provided.

Write a letter, change a life. Sign letters to support prisoners of conscience.

This event is open to everyone. All you need for letter writing will be available. Hope to see you there!

Join our local Amnesty group as we mark International Human Rights Day by signing letters/petitions at the library in Napanee. All are welcome, and materials will be provided. For over twenty years, Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights campaign has transformed the lives of people whose rights have been wronged.

It’s the world’s largest human rights event, marked annually on International Human Rights Day. We in the GTA will be joining Amnesty supporters in over 170 countries to support 9 individuals or groups (including one in Canada). They need massive pressure from us to protect them from the most serious violations of their human rights. […]

Join Amnesty Niagara for Write for Rights 2024! We will sign letters to free prisoners of conscience worldwide.  We will also sign postcards and letters to work to free a Canadian citizen jailed in China. The event will be held at the St. Catharines Public Library - Central branch in the Bankers room at 54 […]

Write a letter. Change a life. Join Write For Rights at Nanaimo Harbourfront Library.

Join Bertha Small on her farm for a Write for Rights gathering. Write letters together, and light refreshments will be served in the kitchen as a reward. The farm is located off Chemin McCallum between Chemin Avoca and Rue Walker. It's the only house, barn and mailbox on this section of the road. If you've […]

Amnesty International Lethbridge Action Circle A97 will host their 18th Annual WRITE FOR RIGHTS! Show your support for human rights around the globe by joining us in writing letters to help prisoners of conscience, human rights defenders under threat, and vulnerable communities facing ongoing abuse of their human rights. Along with refreshments, a silent auction, […]

Join us for Write for Rights at St. John's United Church in Sechelt, British Columbia. We'll be writing letters and signing petitions on behalf of those suffering injustice around the world. Bring your computer if you like, as many letters can be emailed.

Join us for the Hemmingford Action Circle Write for Rights Marathon, an event dedicated to defending human rights through the power of letter writing. Your participation can make a significant impact—every card or letter sent helps support and advocate for those in need. Be a part of this important initiative and help us make a […]

Join us for the annual Write for Rights event at Arlington 5 Coffeeshop! For over 20 years, Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights campaign has transformed the lives of people whose rights have been wronged. Using the power of their words, hundreds of thousands of Write for Rights supporters in more than 200 countries have […]

Drop in for our 2024 letter-writing event — materials, sample letters, and help provided.  A letter, a post, or a tweet from you can make a difference in the human rights cases highlighted by Amnesty International! Join us in the foyer of the Unitarian Church of Edmonton on December 8 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 […]

Our Write for Rights will be presented during our worship service with the letter writing, open to the public following the service.

Join us after church for a meeting to sign cards for prisoners of conscience. 

Join us in signing cards and postcards for Celil after our church service on Dec 8.

Join us to support human rights defenders. Attendees will have the opportunity to sign advocacy letters and Amnesty petitions, as well as access literature on various cases. Your participation can make a real difference.  

This year's Write for Rights event will be held at the Lunenburg Public Library and will honour the memory of Bob Mertens, human rights defender, supporter of Amnesty International, South Shore Public Libraries, and South Shore Council of Canadians, and, until four years ago, the key organizer of the Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Write for […]

Join us at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ottawa on Dec. 8 to write letters, postcards and emails to support those whose rights have been wronged.

Join us as we gather after our worship in the church library to write letters for those whose rights have been wronged. All are welcome. This even is not just for United Church folk.

Everyone is welcome. Please drop in and join us at the Kelowna Library on Ellis Street to write letters and sign petitions for the world's largest human rights campaign. Make a difference for Human Rights.

The Comox Valley Amnesty group meets every month. For Write for Rights we invite as many friends as possible, have cookies, share information, and more. Join us!

Join Write for Rights in Edmonton at the Edmonton Public Library - Stanley Milner Branch on Dec. 8. For over 20 years, Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights campaign has transformed the lives of people whose rights have been wronged. Using the power of their words, hundreds of thousands of Write for Rights supporters in […]

Can’t make it to your local Write for Rights event? No in-person event in your area? No problem. Amnesty International Canada’s Grassroots Activist Leaders are hosting our first-ever Cross-Country Online Write-a-thon! Drop in online on Saturday, December 8th, to write a letter and change a life. PST  11am-8pm MST  noon-9pm CST  1pm-10pm EST  2pm-11pm AST  […]

Write for the Rights of human rights defenders around the world! Join the world's largest human rights campaign in this nationwide online event hosted by the Amnesty Canada Grassroots Activist Leaders. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuceChqD0jHNcEPtCaOX781WubwBocH4W7