Today, A Woman Was Released From Jail After 444 Days Of Imprisonment For Protesting Peacefully

The release of Yorm Bopha, albeit on bail, proves that campaigning and activism can really make a difference in the lives of people suffering human rights abuses and violations

What would you do if your government took your land and destroyed your home for no reason?

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In Cambodia, the people stood up peacefully against forced evictions in the Boeung Kak Lake area

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Women like Yorm Bopha were at the forefront of the struggle

Authorities got angry

In 2012, Yorm Bopha was arrested on unsubstantiated charges and separated from other activists and her family

In the weeks before her appeal hearing, more than 80,000 activists from around the world called on the Cambodian authorities to set Yorm Bopha free

International support helped amplify the voices of the Boeung Kak community, who worked tirelessly on Yorm Bopha's behalf since the day she was arrested, as part of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights 2013 initiative

Today, Yorm Bopha was released on bail

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Do you realize the impact we can have together?

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Yorm’s case is the latest example of thousands of people who have been freed after letters were sent on their behalf by human rights activists around the world. Including Aung San Suu Kyi.

Seriously, your voice has power. Yorm Bopha knows it. Others can, too.

Yorm Bopha is one of ten cases involving human rights activists and prisoners of conscience around which Amnesty International USA is rallying this year. We can continue the train of success with your help! Join us for the largest letter-writing (and tweeting, and action-taking) campaign in the world. It’s pretty awesome.

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