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Good News! – North Korea: Joo Won-moon Released (UA 158/15)
South Korean student Joo Won-moon has been released by the North Korean authorities and has returned to South Korea.
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Good News! – USA: Kimber Edwards’ Death Sentence Commuted (UA 207/15)
The Governor of Missouri commuted the death sentence of Kimber Edwards to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole four days before he was due to be put to death.
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Good News! – Viet Nam: Ta Phong Tan Released (UA 128/15)
Vietnamese blogger and prisoner of conscience Ta Phong Tan was released on 19 September after serving four years of a 10-year prison sentence. She was immediately put on a plane…
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Good News! – Cuba: Prisoner of Conscience Released (UA 77/15)
Cuban prisoner of conscience Ciro Alexis Casanova Pérez was released from prison in Villa Clara province on 10 June.
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Good News! – Egypt: Last Al Jazeera Journalists Released (UA 83/14)
Journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were finally released on 23 September after Egypt’s president pardoned them.
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Good News! – India: Dalit Family Provided With Protection (UA 186/15)
The Supreme Court in India has ordered the Delhi police to provide protection to two sisters and their family after they fled their village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, fearing for…
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Good News! – Kenya: Forced Eviction of 3000 Residents Suspended (UA 153/15)
The planned forced eviction of thousands of residents from the Deep Sea informal settlement in Nairobi has been halted temporarily. The European Union (EU) has agreed to dialogue with Kenya…
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Good News! – USA: Bernardo Abán Tercero Issued Stay of Execution (UA 176/15)
A Texas appeals court issued a stay of execution in the case of Bernardo Abán Tercero a day before he was due to be put to death. The stay has…
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Good News! – Belarus: Yury Rubtsou Released (UA 130/15)
Belarusian prisoner of conscience Yury Rubtsou was released from penal colony in the eastern city of Bobruisk on 22 August.
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Good News! – Serbia: Roma Families Protected from Forced Eviction (UA 161/15)
The demolition of the homes of 53 Roma families living in the Grmeč informal settlement in Zemun municipality has been suspended on the order of the Serbian government. All families…
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Good News! – Egypt: Mohamed Soltan Released (UA 128/14)
Egyptian-American activist Mohamed Soltan was released from prison and deported to the United States on 30 May, after spending one year and nine months in jail in Egypt.
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Good News! – Democratic Republic of Congo: Bienvenu Matumo Released (UA 177/15)
Bienvenu Matumo, a youth activist from the youth movement Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was released from detention on 12 August without any…