Mahmoud Khalil was disappeared for peacefully protesting - taken from his home in front of his pregnant wife. This is terrifying - and it’s also our chance to show Trump he can’t silence dissent without answering to millions of us that support free speech! Let’s flood Mahmoud’s cell with letters and turn up the pressure for his release. 💌 Send yours now - then ask a friend to do the same.

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Here's our message to Mahmoud for inspiration:

Dear Mahmoud,

I haven’t met you yet, but I promise you that I will be cheering for you in the streets the day you walk free.

I used to watch documentaries about regimes where dictatorships made people vanish and wonder: How did anyone let this happen? Now we are learning. It doesn’t come with a bang, it creeps in so quietly that you barely notice.

This letter is my pledge to you: They won't silence me. I owe that to you, and to whatever is left of this country. Because if 340 million people look away while an innocent man is disappeared for speaking the truth, then we’ve already lost who we are.

Stay strong, Mahmoud. And all my love to your wife in these impossible days. Thousands of us are with you.

I can't wait to see you outside prison walls.

Liliana and the entire Avaaz team