Hundreds of thousands of ordinary people transformed into human
rights superheroes in December 2013. Together, we sent an incredible 2.3
million letters, SMS messages, faxes, petition signatures and tweets
defending the human rights of 12 people and communities at risk. Just
five years ago, we achieved fewer than 300,000.
How did we do it? By interrupting wintry Russian streets with
flashmobs, and collecting signatures while running actual marathons in
Guinea. By singing our hearts out at concerts in Brazil and speaking out
in government meetings. By doing public stunts in Israel, and creating
stunning light projections in Istanbul, Paris and Amsterdam.
Activists in the Czech Republic ran the
whole campaign with a budget of just £120, resulting in 14,032 actions.
Amnesty Iceland collected 51,465 signatures among a total population of
just 350,000 people. And Togo, South Korea and Algeria – along with many
other national Amnesty offices – inspired more people to join in this
year than ever before. You can see some of them in action in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s2mgXCeozk&feature=player_embedded
