Send Some Cards, Through The Bars.

As well as remembering your friends and family, stick a ‘prisoner of conscience’ on your Christmas card list.

Both Amnesty International and Christian Solidarity Worldwide have details of prisoners and other persecuted people who would benefit from you sending them greetings cards with words of support and encouragement. Make sure you don’t miss the last posting days.

Write for Amnesty here

Write for Christian Solidarity here

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Discuss

  1. sandrews sandrews
    Leicester, GB , 04 Dec 2005

    My first attempt at independent activism – I usually just sign petitions and send cards that people give me to do.

  2. sandrews sandrews
    Leicester, GB , 04 Dec 2005

    My first attempt at independent activism – I usually just sign petitions and send cards that people give me to do.

  3. Nicki Smith Nicki Smith
    22 Dec 2005

    i’v never done anything like this, with my name on it, either. It feel really strange/humbling connecting trying to connect with someone in real difficulty who I do not know. Almost frightening – how cowardly is that!

  4. Dave Perry Dave Perry
    27 Aug 2006

    I participated in Amnesty International’s Greeting Cards Campaign in 2005. I sent over 20 Christmas cards (and non-religious greeting cards to Muslim countries)to various people who were being persecuted or imprisoned for their beliefs or for their defence of human rights in their own countries. The purpose was to show solidarity with people who are often isolated in the work that they do.

    I even received a Christmas card back, from a human rights lawyer in Sudan!

    I’m now looking forward to participating in this year’s campaign. Check out the AI website in November for details.

  5. Jan Jan
    Northallerton, GB , 19 Sep 2006

    It really is worth doing – and don’t get discouraged if you do not hear anything. Just writing to another country asking about the human rights of individual is humbling

  6. bagpuss bagpuss
    Penzance, GB , 12 Oct 2006

    You can send cards to British Prisoners in gaol in other countries though the charity Prisoners Abroad too. They also have a penfriend scheme. www.prisonersabroad.org.uk

  7. Z Z
    06 Nov 2006

    The details for the 2006 Christmas Card campaigns are now on both the Christian Solidarity and Amnesty sites!