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(UA 113/11) Great News! Iraqi Political Activist Released
Firas Ali, an Iraqi political activist, was released on 27 April 2011 after having been held for two weeks at a detention center in Baghdad. The whereabouts of the other…
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(UA 86/11) Great News! Arbitrary Charges Withdrawn Against WOZA Leaders in Zimbabwe
Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) leaders are no longer in hiding after a police search for them appears to have been called off. Ten members of WOZA had all charges…
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(UA 47/11) Great News! Human Rights Lawyers Released in China
Human Rights Lawyers Tang Jitian and Teng Biao (captured along with Jiang Tianyong who was released on 21 April 2011) were released in China on 29 April. They continue to…
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(UA 109/11) Great News! Cameroonian Writer Bertrand Zepherin Teyou Released
Writer Bernard Zepherin Teyou was released on 29 April. He had been imprisoned since November 2010 after writing a book about the President's wife.
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(UA 73/11) Great News! Detained Bangaldeshi Man Returns Home
A 20 year-old man, Manik, was released from detention on 29 March 2011. He had been held without charge in Bangladesh since 8 March.
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(UA 92/11) Great News! Human Rights Defender Released in China
Human rights activist Ding Fangguan (known as Gu Chuan) has been returned to his family home in Beijing where he, his wife Li Xinai, and their children remain under illegal…
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(UA 96/11) Great News! Protestors Released in Oman
All those detained in Oman in relation to recent protests, have been released without charge, except for at least nine men. The nine men continue to be held without charge,…
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(UA 111/11) Great News! Civil Society Activist Released in the UAE
Fahad Salem al-Shehhi, a civil society activist detained on 10 April, was released on 17 April. However, three other bloggers have been detained in the ongoing clampdown in the UAE,…
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(UA 104/11) Great News! 4 men Detained Arbitrarily Released in Libya
Four men, Zeyad Ramadan, Ghazi Ramadan, Khaled Sury and another unnamed man, were released on 25 April. It was unclear why they were arrested as they had no political affiliations…
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(UA 101/11) Great News! Journalist Released in Libya
Rana al-Aqbani, a 28 year old journalist, was released on 17 April. Her brother Hani al-Aqbani was released several days earlier. They were held in incommunicado detention but have now…
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(UA 87/11) Great News! Fifty-two Protestors Released in Syria
Fifty-two people detained in connection with continuing popular protests in Syria have been released. However hundreds of other protestors are believed to be still detained incommunicado at unknown locations across…
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(UA 99/11) Great News! No Deportation for Syrian Refugee
Mohamed Zaher Asade, a Syrian man facing deportation from Spain to Syria, was released on 15 April. Asade was detained in Spain earlier this year, and if deported to Syria,…