[URGENT] Ukrainians need our help right now

Emergency gifts doubled for Ukraine crisis response » Dear friend, I’m a bomb expert. For a year, I've been on the front lines of the crisis in Ukraine, painstakingly collecting evidence of Russian war crimes and digging through rubble. With each passing day, I see more Ukrainian civilians lose their homes, their loved ones, their lives. Horrifically, tens of thousands of people had their lives cut short.1 Let’s be clear: This isn’t just the cost of war. This is the direct result of Russia's violent war crimes — and we must seek justice and accountability. Your support is urgently needed so that the bloodshed stops. So that families can be reunited. So that children can return to school. So that life can start again for the millions of Ukrainians who fear they won’t survive this brutal winter. Amnesty International is an organization that doesn’t take a dime from the government for our campaigns and research. We’re stretching every dollar to document war crimes and hold Russia accountable. If we don’t do this work, it sadly may not be done at all. But I’ll be honest, this work costs a lot and our resources are being stretched thin. With millions of people counting on us and new attacks every day, we need more funding. With this special 2X match, your emergency gift will go twice as far to help Amnesty collect more evidence, hire more experts, and do more to address injustice. Right now, a harsh winter is sweeping across Ukraine. People in Kherson and Bakhmut are on the brink of a humanitarian disaster as they’re experiencing constant attacks and cut off from water, electricity, and heating. These brutal conditions, coupled with rampant war crimes, require us to respond urgently. Amnesty’s on-the-ground reports and digital investigations have already helped ensure that evidence of these attacks is preserved for future international justice — and can be used by the International Criminal Court. Me, carrying out a field investigation in Rivne, Ukraine in March 2022. I’m sifting through the rubble after Russian forces carried out a missile strike, and analyzing munitions fragments to identify the types and models of weapons used. I’m encouraged by the progress we’ve made over the past year, but our work is far from over. It will certainly take more resources, money, and time to investigate the sheer scale of crimes and carnage caused by Russia’s aggression. We’re committed to remaining in position to do it — for as long as it takes. As the war in Ukraine intensifies, we’re ramping up our emergency response — but we can’t do it without you. Your support will be doubled to advance our lifesaving work if you give before midnight. I mean it when I say we need you — thank you, Brian Castner Senior Crisis Advisor & Weapons Investigator Amnesty International [1] https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2023/01/ukraine-civilian-casualty-update-23-january-2023 DONATE NOW © 2023 Amnesty International USA 311 W 43rd Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036 | 1-800-AMNESTY Please don't reply to this email. You can send questions to aimember@aiusa.org.