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Pledge your voice, an action, or funds and help us support 10 HRD continue their fight against torture

10 December, 10 Defenders" Campaign

In the 10-weekday count down to the United Nations’ Human Rights Day on December 10th, the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) is inviting you to join us in celebrating the work and life-long commitment 10 human rights defenders from around the world.

 

This is also the occasion to kick off a yearlong celebration for the OMCTs 30th anniversary, and the more will bandwagon, the merrier!

 

From 30th November until December 10th, we will share with you the stories of 10 different defenders – Yavuz in Turkey, Olga in Russia, Justin in DRC and others who are making a difference for whole communities, and indeed transform entire nations – through short articles hosted on our website and social media channels.

 

As a leader of the global movement against torture and a network of human rights defenders fighting against torture around the world, OMCT needs your support to make sure human rights defenders can keep carrying out their work effectively and safely so that torture can cease.

 

We therefore invite you to pledge for our "10 December, 10 Defenders" campaign the following:

 

-     an action, your expertise on our Facebook page so that everyone can see and get inspired, and/or

-     funds to support the realization of the eradication of torture around the world, and/or

-    engage in our advocacy on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, by commenting, sharing, liking and inviting your friends to think about what they can do to help.

 

The stories and your pledges will be posted on this page and weekly on our brand new LinkedIn page, as well as on our Facebook and Twitter accounts, starting today.


Please get in touch via email to receive some sample tweets to help you to talk about this campaign amongst your contacts, influencers and followers.

 

To guide your support through comments, we call upon you to:


• Showcase and underline the commitment of our colleagues and friends – human rights defenders who may at any time lose their life to this cause, and those who have been victims of torture themselves, or of repression, extremism, intolerance, attacks, threats or intimidation;

 

• Share your stories and experiences on social media using the hashtag #10HRD10DEC and help us make visible the often-silent struggles human rights defenders have to endure every day as a result of their involvement. Your story can help raise awareness about the violence that torture activists face on a daily basis and be a source of strength for thousands of human rights defenders

 

OMCT remains committed to pushing the universal prohibition of torture and implementation of human rights through information sharing, advocacy and collaboration, plus concrete life-saving initiatives.

 

We hope that you will join us in this third decade in our mission, by contributing to making a difference for those children, women and men subjected to torture around the world.

 


To know more about the "10 Defenders, 10 December" campaign, click here.




OMCT wishes to thank the OAK Foundation and the Republic and Canton of Geneva for their support. Its content is the sole responsibility of OMCT and should in no way be interpreted as reflecting the view(s) of the supporting institutions.

      

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Date: November 27, 2015
Activity: Human Rights Defenders
Type: Links
Subjects: Human Rights Defenders, Torture and violence

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