This year marks the 20th anniversary of Get on the Bus for Human Rights. To celebrate, we will feature a combination of 20 main actions and side actions at this year's event on Friday, April 17th.

Main actions: 

• China/Tibet: We will call on the Chinese government to immediately and unconditionally release two Tibetan monks/prisoners of conscience, Khenpo Kartse and Tenzin Delek Rinpoche.
• Sri Lanka: We will call on the Sri Lankan government to either charge Balendran Jeyakumari with a recognizable crime and give her a fair trial in accordance with international standards, or else release her. We also call on them to end the impunity for the killers of Ragihar Manoharan and the other four students of the "Trinco Five", murdered in 2006.

• Azerbaijan: We will call on the Azerbaijani government to immediately and unconditionally release human rights activists/prisoners of conscience Leyla and Arif Yunus.
• Russia/Ukraine: We will call on the Russian government to immediately and unconditionally release activists and Ukrainian citizens being held as prisoners of conscience in Russian territory, including Oleh Sentsov, Oleksandr Kolchenko, Gennady Afanasyev, and Nadia Savchenko.

Side actions:

• Sudan: We will call on the Sudanese government to protect women and girls in Darfur against the threat of rape and sexual violence.
• India: We will call for justice for the survivors and victims of the 1984 Union Carbide (Dow Chemical) chemical disaster in Bhopal.
• Burma (Myanmar): We will call on the Burmese government to immediately and unconditionally release the Unity journalists, Lu Maw Naing, Yarzar Oo, Paing Thet Kyaw, Sithu Soe and Tint San, prisoners of conscience who have been jailed for exercising freedom of expression.
• El Salvador: We will call on the Salvadoran government to respect women's rights and stop the criminalization of abortion and miscarriage, in collaboration with Amnesty's "My Body, My Rights" campaign.
• Additional actions will announced soon.

Keep the pressure on governments and leaders throughout GOTB. If you have 10 minutes... please take action. 

• Tweet using #gotb15 @aiusa_gotb 
• Be a Virtual Activist! Contact diplomatic officials via phone, fax, email, and social media.
• Spread the word and #ShowYourSolidarity in your community. 

What is Get on the Bus?

Get on the Bus for Human Rights (GOTB) is an annual day of human rights education and activism organized by Amnesty International USA Group 133 of Somerville, MA and a dedicated team of volunteer community organizers. Now in its eighteenth year, GOTB draws upwards of 1,200 participants riding buses, commuter trains, and carpooling down to New York City to take peaceful action in front of embassies, consulates and corporate headquarters in NYC in support of human rights. 

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•  View pictures from last year

Starting in 2011, Get on the Bus expanded 
to Washington, D.C.  

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Get on the Bus is a project of Amnesty International, Group 133, Somerville MA

GOTB is sponsored by The Cooper Union