Write for Rights on Human Rights Day

Headline Title: Write for Rights on Human Rights Day 10 December 2012 From 7-16 December hundreds of thousands of people will be writing letters, sending SMS messages and taking action online as part of an Amnesty International day of action to mark International Human Rights Day. Among those who could benefit from the Write for Rights campaign this year are the residents of Bodo in Nigeria who made a living from fishing and farming for generations until their serene way of life was changed by two major oil spills from a Shell pipeline in 2008. The land and water around Bodo has been…

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