Editing Neil Gaiman (section)

===Advocacy===
In 2016, Gaiman, as well as several celebrities, appeared in the video "What They Took With Them", from the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]], to help raise awareness of the issue of global refugees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/stories/|title=2016 Stories – #WithRefugees|newspaper=Unhcr |language=en-US|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/what-they-took-with-them/|title=What They Took With Them – #WithRefugees|newspaper=Unhcr |date=7 September 2016|language=en-US|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

Gaiman is a supporter of the [[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund]] and has served on its board of directors.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbldf.org/articles/archives/000152.shtml|title= Neil Gaiman Talks ''Sandman'', CBLDF on NPR |date= 19 September 2003 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090814222141/http://www.cbldf.org/articles/archives/000152.shtml|archive-date= 14 August 2009|url-status= dead|access-date=22 September 2008}}</ref> In 2013, Gaiman was named co-chair of the organization's newly formed advisory board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/25454/cbldf-announces-advisory-board|title=CBLDF Announces Advisory Board|website=[[ICv2]]|date=8 April 2013|access-date=5 July 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Gaiman supported Ukraine by announcing on Twitter that he does not want to renew contracts with Russian publishers.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |user=neilhimself |number=1500158016494125056 |date=5 March 2022 |title=I'm trying to find out right now what Russian contracts I control and where they are in the publishing cycle. I would not want to renew them while Putin and this administration was in power, that is for certain. |access-date=12 March 2022 |link=https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1500158016494125056}}</ref> Gaiman also encouraged donating to Ukrainian refugees.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Gaiman |first=Neil |user=neilhimself |number=1499366200077393927 |date=3 March 2022 |title=1 million refugees in one week. That's how many people have been forced to flee into neighbouring countries from Ukraine. If you do just one thing today, please donate to @Refugees... |access-date=12 March 2022 |link=https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1499366200077393927}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=Killing, Gaiman, Evaristo: writers from around the world call for donations for Ukrainian refugees |url=https://chytomo.com/en/killing-gaiman-evaristo-writers-from-around-the-world-call-for-donations-for-ukrainian-refugees/ |access-date=12 March 2022 |website=chytomo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2023, Gaiman signed an open letter addressed to Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], alongside over 100 other public figures, calling for the release of Russian prisoner [[Alexei Navalny]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A letter to Vladimir Putin: Release Alexei Navalny |url=https://www.economist.com/letters/2023/04/28/a-letter-to-vladimir-putin-release-alexei-navalny |access-date=18 June 2024 |date=28 April 2023 |newspaper=[[The Economist]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Free Navalny! Western public figures sign open letter demanding Alexey Navalny's immediate release |url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/04/28/free-navalny-en |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Novaya Gazeta Europe |date=28 April 2023}}</ref>