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Featured Victory
Marilin* (31) and Yunior* (11), have been released! Before the family’s release this week, Marilin faced an anniversary no parent would want: one year of lockup with her child simply for seeking safety here in the United States.
Marilin and Yunior were featured in our family detention campaign surge – several weeks of sustained actions, from grassroots activism to billboards, to drive attention to the dozens of families who are invisible behind detention walls in Pennsylvania and Texas. We want them and the government to know they’re not forgotten, and that we are working to free them all.Â
Thank you all for your continuing support and activism on these case campaigns. Our collective action shines a bright light on these families and the unlawful detention of them and so many more people detained in immigration facilities, and helps push the needle for their release.
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Urgent Action Victory! Opposition Activists Released Without Charge (Sudan: UA 75.17)
Three political opposition activists, Mohamed Hassan El Bushi, Amin Saad and Motaz Al Ajail, were released without charge on 25…
May 2, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Iranian Filmmaker Keywan Karimi Released (Iran: UA 19.16)
Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi was released from Tehran’s Evin prison on 19 April 2017. He had been imprisoned since 23…
April 27, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Pro-Biafran Activist Released (Nigeria: UA 198.16)
Sunday Chucks Obasi (30) who was abducted from his home in Amuko Nnewi Anambra State on 16 August 2016 by…
April 27, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! General Law On Torture Improved And Passed (Mexico: UA 11.17)
On 19 April the lower house of Mexican congress approved their version of the General Law on Torture and sent…
April 26, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Virginia Governor Commutes Death Sentence (USA: UA 55.17)
On 20 April, the Governor of Virginia commuted the death sentence of Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national who was scheduled…
April 24, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Court Blocks Execution And Remands For Hearing (USA: UA 67.17)
The Arkansas Supreme Court has issued a stay of execution for Stacey Johnson, who was due to be put to…
April 24, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Stay Of Execution For Bruce Ward In Arkansas (USA: UA 66.17)
Bruce Ward, who was due to be put to death on 17 April in Arkansas, received a stay of execution.…
April 19, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Stay Of Execution For Don Davis In Arkansas (USA: UA 64.17)
The execution of Don Davis, scheduled for 17 April in Arkansas, did not go ahead. Minutes before midnight, when the…
April 18, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Texas Appeal Court Blocks Execution (USA: UA 72.17)
On 7 April, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution in the case of Paul Storey,…
April 10, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Supreme Court Of Tucuman Acquits Belén (Argentina: UA 95.16)
On 27 March, the Supreme Court of Tucuman Province,northern Argentina, unanimously decided to acquit Belén, the 27-year-old young woman who…
April 6, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Activist Dr. Ali Esa Mansoor Al-Ekri Released (Bahrain: UA 296.11)
Dr. Ali Esa Mansoor al-Ekri, a Bahraini consultant surgeon and activist, has been released after completing his five-year prison sentence.…
April 3, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Fifth And Final Activist In Abdeen Case Released (Egypt: UA 294/15)
Gamila Seryel-Dain, the last jailed activist from the group of five activists sentenced in the ‘Abdeen case’ to two years…
March 28, 2017