Thank you to everyone who participated in Get on the Bus for Human Rights 2023 on April 28th!

Watch the video of this year's event on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/gotb23video

Get on the Bus 2023 focused on protecting the right to protest and on calling on:

• Sri Lanka to respect the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly and to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act
• China/Hong Kong to release journalist, activist, and prisoner of conscience Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam
• China to release Tibetan monk Rinchen Tsultrim, Tibetan environmental rights activist A-Nya Sengdra, and other prisoners of conscience
• Iran to release Iranian protester and prisoner of conscience Vahid Afkari
• Egypt to release Egyptian-British political activist and prisoner of conscience Alaa Abdel Fattah
• United States to grant clemency to Native American activist Leonard Peltier who has been imprisoned for over 46 years

Stay tuned for details about our 2024 event.

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, Massachusetts and a dedicated team of volunteer community organizers. Since its launch in 1996, GOTB has drawn thousands of participants riding buses, commuter trains, and carpooling to New York City to take peaceful action in front of embassies, consulates and corporate headquarters in NYC in support of human rights. (GOTB 2020–2023  were virtual events, connecting activists from around the world online.)

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

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

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