Urgent Actions

In many countries around the world, people are tortured, kept in isolation and/or killed.

One letter can make a difference. Your letter can help turn a person’s life around.

What are Urgent Actions?

The Urgent Action Network is one of the most widespread, popular and effective campaigning tools that Amnesty International has.

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How They Work

Every day, around the world, people from all walks of life are imprisoned, tortured or killed for peacefully exercising their basic human rights.

And every day, Amnesty International works to free prisoners of conscience, stop 'disappearances' and torture, and speak for those whose voices have been silenced.

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Respond to an Urgent Action appeal now

The current appeals are listed here in date order: please write on one or more of them.

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Good News: Urgent Actions really work

Appeals sent by members of the Urgent Action network appear to be having more impact than ever before in tackling and preventing some of the worst abuses of human rights worldwide.

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Over Thirty Years of Letter-writing

In 2003, Amnesty International celebrated the 30th anniversary of the first appeal issued to the Urgent Action Network.

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