Tear down the Great Firewall of China

For over 90 days we will construct huge yellow ‘walls’ all over Australia to represent the Chinese internet censorship regime known as the Golden Shield or the Great Firewall of China. The first wall was in Melbourne on the 30th April and the last will be in Sydney for the 10 day countdown to the Olympic Games, 31 July.

We need your help to tear down the wall!

The wall has been a huge success in capital cities around Australia, now it's going on a regional tour. We need volunteers to help us reach our target of tearing down 20,000 bricks in 90 days. Each brick of the wall holds an action aimed at the internet companies who enable censorship in China, such as Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, Sohu and Baidu. These action cards call on the companies to stop assisting human rights violations. We need people to help the public use the wall, show them how to take action and help us get the message of human rights on the streets of Australia. We’ll give you something fun to wear, all the info you need and a smile on the day.

It’s time for your town to tell these internet companies what we think!

Sign up below and be part of the action! Click on your nearest town for more details.

Actions by date

There will be an optional info night at your nearest Amnesty office, Amnesty people will be at the Firewalls at all times, so you don’t need to be a China expert at all, just prepared to have a couple of hours of fun.

If you are not able to volunteer a couple of hours, please turn up on the day to take your brick out of the wall. And don’t forget to bring along your family, colleagues and friends!

Create your own Firewalls

Recreate the Great Firewall of China action at your school, university, local town centre, park, group meetings, office, shopping centres, anywhere you have permission!

Do-it-yourself Firewall kits are now available. The D.I.Y walls are easy to assemble, fun and recyclable. You can make the Walls to any size and with any budget. Order your kit today.

Have you signed up to Nu Wa’s Facebook cause? Nu Wa, the Uncensor campaign mascot, will keep you posted of what’s coming up where.

As a grassroots organisation trying to reach huge companies it is important we get as many voices as possible behind our calls for change.