The humble letter has extraordinary power, as demonstrated by Amnesty International in its latest film showcasing some of the successes of its global letter writing marathon.

Amnesty International began its global letter writing marathon in 2001, with a small group of activists in Poland writing letters for ten days for the release of 12 individuals. This grew into a world-wide campaign and in 2012, 1.5 million letters were drafted for Amnesty International's Write for Rights week. Amnesty highlights a few of the cases supported and calls for continued action. 

 

 

 

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