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Good News! – China: Ren Quanniu Released (UA 165/16)
Lawyer Ren Quanniu, who was criminally detained on suspicion of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", has been released on bail. Please stop sending appeals at this time.
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Good News! – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Vano Kiboko Released (UA 29/16)
Vano Kiboko, a former Member of Parliament who had been in detention since December 2014, was released from prison on 5 May after completing his sentence.
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Good News! – Iran: Ehsan Shah Ghasemi Released from Death Row (UA 120/15)
Ehsan Shah Ghasemi, a 25-year-old Iranian man who had been on death row since October 2014, was released from prison on 13 March after he was pardoned by the victim’s…
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Good News! – Angola: Charges Against Arão Bula Tempo Dropped (UA 78/15)
The Cabinda Provincial Tribunal dismissed the criminal charges against human rights lawyer Arão Bula Tempo on 12 July.
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Good News! – Ukraine: Ivan Bezyazykov Released From Detention (UA 231/15)
Ukrainian officer Ivan Bezyazykov was released from detention by the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on 5 July after spending more than 22 months in captivity and being subjected to…
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Good News! Russian Federation: Performance Artist Released from Prison (UA 34/16)
Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky was released from prison on 8 June after almost seven months in custody. Pyotr Pavlensky was arrested on 9 November when he set fire to…
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Good News! – Myanmar: U Gambira Released (UA 14/16)
Prisoner of conscience U Gambira was released on 1 July after all charges against him were dropped by courts in Myanmar.
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Good News! – Sudan: Eight Students Released (UA 105/16)
Eight students who were arrested while at the office of the human rights lawyer, Nabil Adib, in Khartoum on 5 May have been released on 19 June and 21 June.…
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Good News! – Bahrain: Zainab Al-Khawaja Released (UA 306/14)
Zainab al-Khawaja and her son were released from prison in Bahrain on humanitarian grounds on 31 May. She left Bahrain for Denmark on 7 June after receiving information that she…
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Good News! – Turkey: Fadi Mansour Released (UA 282/15)
Syrian refugee Fadi Mansour finally reunited with his family in Melbourne, Australia, on 11 June. He had been held in the Adana Removal Centre in south-eastern Turkey since 19 March,…
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Good News! – Saudi Arabia Mohammed Saleh al-Bajadi Released (UA 91/11)
Human rights defender Mohammed Saleh al-Bajadi was released on 7 April from a rehabilitation centre where he had spent four months after being discharged from prison in November 2015. He…
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Good News! – Turkey: Syrian Refugees Released (UA 118/16)
Seven of the 12 Syrian refugees detained in Düziçi camp, Osmaniye province, in southern Turkey, were released on 20 May. The other five, a woman and her four children, requested…