Dear Avaaz community,



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This is getting serious. We've just had the first assassination attempt on an Avaaz campaigner. He'd received text messages that threatened him and even his family, but it wasn't the first time. Then, while driving home along winding mountain roads, he noticed something wrong with his car and took it in for service. The mechanic was shocked to find that screws on all four of the car's wheels were either removed or loosened! There's no way he'd have survived one of those mountain turns at speed. It was sheer luck that it was discovered in time.

I've gotten threatening messages and hacks, but nothing like our campaigners who live under constant threat. Let's stand behind these brave people who speak our community's truth to power.

The threats will get worse as we become larger and more effective, taking on some of the most entrenched and powerful players on the planet. That's why Avaaz needs to triple-reinforce our security systems, including legal counsel to stand ready for emergencies, media support to raise the alarm if people are threatened, better encryption and the resources to move staff to a safe location when the pressure gets to be too much.