Nasrin Sotoudeh is a human rights lawyer in Iran who is now a prisoner of conscience. Amnesty is fighting to free Nasrin as she has had many of her human rights violated and for this cause, the Westlake Girls Amnesty Group held An Amazing Race.
The leaders of Amnesty set up different stations with activities related to Nasrin’s case to raise awareness. Activities such as finding Iran on a map, identifying human rights in case studies, building a mosaic, matching Persian phrases and making a banner for Nasrin, were enjoyed by the students. But most importantly, these activities were beneficial in raising awareness and lobbying for Nasrin. Last but not least, Amnesty members, leaders and teachers all joined together for a photograph with our banners and Nasrin’s photo. Through social media, this picture was used to create awareness using the tag #freenasrin.
Fighting for Nasrin with Amnesty International, the compassionate team of Westlake Girls High School students showed that “it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”.