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Amnesty International's global letter writing marathon brings together individuals from every corner of the world to show solidarity and raise their voices for governments to take action to ensure justice for 12 individuals who had suffered human rights violations.

The event, which began in 2001 with a small group of activists in Poland who wrote letters for a period of 10 days (in some cases in 24-hour events) for the release of 12 individuals, grew into a world-wide campaign.

In 2012, over 1.5 million letters, SMS messages, and signatures were collected in over 80 countries during the "Write for Rights" week.

In Japan people came together in the centre of Tokyo to make over 1000 lanterns to shine 'lights of hope'. In Paraguay, activists organised a bicycle race, and collected signatures for a petition as they went. And in Canada, the world's 5 th tallest free-standing structure, the CN Tower, was lit up on 10 December, Human Rights Day.

In countries like Pakistan and Nigeria, where human rights and the political environment are particularly unstable, activists gathered the support of family, friends, colleagues and members of the public, writing for the rights of individuals at risk all around the world.

Rosa Franco said that all messages from Amnesty International's activists gave her hope and energy to continue fighting for Maria Isabel.

"What I thought about doing was to make a mural so that now everyone who comes to my house sees them. I already had a poster with two photos of María Isabel and I put the cards all around it, on the walls beside my front door, everything is up there now. I'm thinking of taking some photos with me beside it so you can all see it, and so that I can thank all those beautiful people in some way for standing in solidarity with me," she said.

On 09 January 2013, the Vice President of Guatemala, Roxana Baldetti, posted a personal response in relation to Maria Isabel's case after having received pressure from Amnesty activists around the world. You can read it here: [ Ссылка ]

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