Thanks to you, this new year will be bright

Happy new year and thank you Dear Tracy, You just gave someone a special gift - the gift of hope. Thank you. Your donation - combined with thousands of others - will help Amnesty reach more people, apply more pressure and win more human rights victories in 2015. You give hope to every person Amnesty's work touches: The Chinese activist Liu Ping, who has been harassed, kidnapped, beaten and jailed for speaking out against corruption in China. The Syrian mother who is trapped between violence in Syria and push-backs at the Turkish border and has nowhere to go. The survivors of the catastrophic gas leak in Bhopal, India who have waited thirty years for justice. These are the people whose lives you will touch. As part of our December campaign, we asked you and other supporters to participate in a challenge match. I'm thrilled to report that more than 60,000 new and returning members made donations to help us tackle human rights abuses in 2015. Please take a moment and celebrate what we have achieved together.  Sincerely, Steven Hawkins Executive Director Amnesty International USA P.S. I'm excited to announce that our annual Human Rights Conference will be taking place in Brooklyn, NY from March 20-22, 2015. We'll keep you updated, and we hope to see you there.