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(UA 196/11) Great News! Woman Activist Released In Iran
Mansoureh Behkish, an Iranian human rights activist, she was released on bail on 9 July 2011.
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(UA 159/11) Great News! Woman Activist Released In Sudan
Hawa Abdallah, who works for the joint United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), was released on 13 July. She was arrested for 'Christianizing' children and being linked…
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(UA 206/11) Great News! Pro-Reform Activist Released In Iraq
Dargham Mahdi al-Zaidi, a pro-reform activist aged around 30, was released on 3 July. He was apparently told that he must stop taking part in anti-government protests.
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(UA 151/11) Great News! Activist Released In Syria
Syrian civil society activist Amjad Baiazy was released on bail on 1 July. He has been charged and is awaiting trial.
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Landmark ECHR ruling recognizes right to conscientious objection
A court has found in favour of a Jehovah's Witness in Armenia who received a prison sentence for refusing to do military service.
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Uruguay removes block on investigating military rule abuses
Uruguay finally has a green light to investigate dozens of cases of human rights abuses from its period of military rule three decades ago.
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(UA 182/11) Great News! No Death Penalty For Marcel Williams
The Arkansas Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution in the case of Marcel Wayne Williams, who was scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 12 July.
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(UA 326/07) Great News! 7 Members Of An Ethnic Group Released in Chad
Seven men subjected to enforced disappearance since late 2007 are now known to have been released in March this year. They had been arrested by Chadian security forces on 30…
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Military pledges to stop forced ‘virginity tests’ in Egypt
The head of Egypt’s military intelligence has promised Amnesty International that the army will no longer carry out forced ‘virginity tests’ after defending their use, during a meeting with the…
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(UA 136/11) Great News! 19 year-old Released From Police Custody
Nineteen-year-old Zaffar Shafi Hakeem was released from police custody on the evening of 18 June, after local media highlighted Amnesty International’s urgent action appeal.
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(UA 87/11) Great News! Numerous Syrian Protesters released
Hundreds of people arrested during protests in Syria have now been released, some individually in previous months and some following a "general amnesty" on 31 May 2011. Nonetheless, arrests continue…
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(UA 47/10) Great News! No Extradition for Huang Haiyong
The Peruvian Constitutional Court has ruled that the government should not extradite a Chinese man, Huang Haiyong to China to face charges that can carry the death penalty. He was…