জাতীয় মাসিক মুক্তিদূত [The Monthly Muktidooth] Print / Online media

For her organization's work to defend women's rights, dangerous people in Guatemala want Norma Cruz dead.

Norma Cruz and her team at Survivors' Foundation run a crisis shelter for women, adolescents and children. Since May 2009, Norma has received numerous phone calls threatening her life, her family and her crucial work.

Norma is one of eight compelling cases we're highlighting during this year's Summer Solidarity Action. There's no better time than now to show your support for defenders at risk of intimidation and abuse.

Write a note to Norma Cruz and other human rights defenders from all over the world -- encourage them to stay strong!

Last year, we featured Norma Cruz in our 2010 Global Write-a-thon campaign. Shortly after, she told us that your letters and postcards were lining the halls of Survivors' Foundation.

She also believes that the media attention sparked by your letters has triggered a stronger response from authorities to keep pursuing her case and providing much-needed security.

Let Norma and other individuals who stand up for free expression in places like Bahrain, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka know that we're still here and this summer, our voices are even more powerful. Write a letter this summer to a human rights defender.

Never written to a human rights defender before? It's okay. We've provided some simple guidelines to help organize your thoughts. The most important thing -- be supportive!

A letter can do amazing things. It can go places that no messenger could. It can send the voices of many to support the power of one. It can bring comfort, even joy, to a person in despair.

Even the strongest human rights defender needs some support sometimes. Be a voice of strength.

Stand with us and begin your Summer of Solidarity right now!

Thank You,

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