2018- Write 4 Rights

2018 WRITE-A-THON, DEC 9, 
1 Benevolent St, Providence, RI
Appeals for Prisoners-of Conscience

Sunday December 9th was a day of writing letters for prisoners of conscience that were chosen by 3 groups; The World Affairs Committee of the Unitarian Church, Group 49 of Amnesty International and the Benenson Society of Providence.  There 329 letters written for the prisoners of conscience from Viet Nam, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia,  Sudan, Egypt, the UAE and China, click on the photos or links below for more information on the particular prisoner-of-conscience.

Our guest speaker for the 2018 write-a-thon is Kamal Elias, a Yazidi Kurd from the Mosul area of Iraq, he worked with coalition forces as a translator during the time ISIS was attempting to wipe out all other groups including the Yazidis.

Teresa-Tran_Thi_Xuan Asia Bibi
Arzhang Davoodi Israa_al_Ghomgham
Awad, Human Rights defender Shawkhan
Mansoor Ahmed Uyghur Chinese Minority
Atena Daemi