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Great News! Syrian Student Released After Two Months
Syrian student Suhaib al-Ammar was released without charge on 10 January 2012, following his arrest by Syrian Air Force Intelligence officials on 18 November 2011.
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Great News! Sudanese Activist Released Without Charge
Political activist Mohamed Hassan Alim was released without charge on 16 January 2012 after being held incommunicado for 22 days. He was not told why he had been arrested, but…
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Great News! Campaigner for Religious Tolerance Released in Maldives
A Maldivian activist who was attacked and detained on 10 December 2011 for organizing a peaceful protest calling for religious tolerance was released on 6 January. His attackers remain at…
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Great News! Bahrainis’ Death Sentences Quashed
Two Bahraini men's death sentences imposed by a military court were quashed on 9 January. The cases have been sent to a civilian court of appeal. ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Hassan al-Sankis…
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Great News! Brother of Human Rights Activists Released in Syria
37-year-old businessman Yassin Ziadeh was arrested by members of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence on 30 August 2011 in Daraya, near the Syrian capital of Damascus. Yassin Ziadeh was released…
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Great News! Somali Man Realeased in United Arab Emirates
Somali national Boqor Osman Mohamoud was released on 5 January and has been reunited with his relatives.
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Great News! Chinese Human Rights Activist Wang Lihong Released
Wang Lihong, a human rights activist, has been released. She was released on 20 December from Beijing Chaoyang Detention Center.
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Great News! “UAE Five” Pardoned by President
Syrian activist Ghassan Yasin was released from detention on 10 November. He had been held since 18 August.
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Great News! Governor Imposes Moratorium on Executions
The Governor of Oregon has blocked an imminent execution -- which would have been the first in this US state since 1997 and only the third since 1962 -- and…
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Great News! Journalists Released
The two journalists from newspaper The Destiny, arrested in early November, have been released without charge.
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Great News! Syrian Activist No Longer at Risk of Torture
Young Syrian activist Hanadi Zahlout, who had been held in incommunicado detention at an unknown location after her arrest on 4 August, has now appeared before a court and is…
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Great News! WOZA Leaders Released
Two leaders of the Zimbabwean social justice movement Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) have been released from prison, and are due to appear in court on 12 December. They had…