Letters, telegrams and the news media are used to call attention to these violations and to gain international support for those arrested and imprisoned by the communist government for participation in democratic movements.
像和法國外交官戀愛被捕的女畫家李爽以及遭受拘禁的大陸民主運動領袖劉青、王希哲等，人權協會都透過新聞媒體，在國際上形成聲援輿論，來協助他們早日獲釋。