This is getting scary -- repressive regimes are locking up Avaazers!

Turkish police threw our colleague Özlem into prison. Indonesian soldiers jailed a man just for signing an Avaaz petition! And our staff have been detained from Egypt to Palestine.

They want to frighten us into silence. So we're going to do the opposite.

Every time an Avaazer is arrested, we'll hire the best lawyers, plaster the media with their stories, and 'jujitsu' their intimidation into massive campaigns to expose the regime's persecution of anyone that speaks out against them.

Avaaz has a unique power to reach millions with these stories in just hours. Let’s show the tyrants we won’t be gagged, and make them realise they messed with the wrong people!

The only way to defend our movement is if enough of us chip in today. Avaaz doesn't take funds from anyone else. Özlem's appeal is in 6 days -- if 3,000 of us chip in the cost of a cup of coffee or more, we can ramp up the fight to free her right now, then defend Avaaz to fearlessly speak out against crackdowns everywhere.