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Great News! Wife of Stoning Lawyer Released
Fereshteh Halimi, the wife of human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, was released on August 7th. Her brother and father,...
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Great News! Second Activist in India Released
Lado Sikaka, a leader of the Dongria Kondh Indigenous communities in India, was released August 12th, two days after being...
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Khaled Jaradat
Khaled Jaradat, a Palestinian living in the West Bank, had been held under repeatedly extended administrative detention...
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Ohio Governor Commutes Kevin Keith’s Death Sentence
On September 2, 2010, Gov. Strickland of Ohio commuted the death sentence of death row prisoner Kevin Keith. This was an...
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Great News! Stay of Execution Granted in Oklahoma
Jeffrey Matthews received a 60-day stay of execution from a federal judge on August 17, a few hours before he was due to be...
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(UA 150/10) Great News! Eritrean Nationals No Longer at Risk of Forcible Return
Some 200 Eritrean nationals previously held in Libya are no longer at imminent risk of forcible return to Eritrea, where...
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(UA 59/10) Great News! Togolese Activists Released
Four political activists, arrested in March this year ahead of the Togolese presidential election, have been released. They...
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(UA 186/10) Great News! Cuban Activists Released
Five men, all members of a pro-democracy organization in Cuba, have been released after almost three weeks in detention....
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(UA 347/09) Great News! Human Rights Defender Released in Iran
Iranian journalist and human rights defender Shiva Nazar Ahari was released on bail on 13 September. Her colleague, Kouhyar...
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(UA 196/10) Great News! Execution Blocked in Kentucky
A local judge in Kentucky has blocked the execution of Gregory Wilson, a 53-year-old African American man who was scheduled...
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(UA 205/10) Great News! Kenyan Lawyer Released
Kenyan lawyer Mbugua Mureithi was released from police custody in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, on 18 September and was...
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Illinois General Assembly Votes to Abolish Death Penalty
On January 11, the Illinois Senate joined the Illinois House of Representatives in voting to abolish the death penalty. If...