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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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Good News! – Omani Prisoner of Conscience Released (Oman: UA 318/14)
Omani prisoner of conscience Saeed Jaddad was released from prison on 26 August, having served nine months of a one-year…
September 7, 2016
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Good News! – Human Rights Defender Malek Adly Released (Egypt: UA 98/16)
Human rights defender Malek Adly has been released on 28 August after he spent 115 days in detention. The court…
September 5, 2016
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Good News! – Defamation Investigation Suspended (Indonesia: UA 189/16)
Indonesian police suspended their investigation into a defamation complaint against human rights activist Haris Azhar. An investigation is currently underway…
August 31, 2016
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Good News! – Disappeared Man Freed from Secret Detention (Ukraine: UA 180/16)
Dmytro Koroliov was released on 2 August after spending one year in secret detention in the Security Service of Ukraine…
August 30, 2016
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Good News! – Three Activists Released on Bail (Egypt: UA 15/16)
Dr Taher Mokhtar and two other activists were released from detention on 11 August. A Cairo court had ordered their…
August 29, 2016
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Good News! – 10-Year-Old Girl In Need of Surgery Evacuated (Syria: UA 190/16)
Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old girl seriously wounded by sniper fire at a Syrian government checkpoint on 2 August, was…
August 23, 2016
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Good News! – USA: Execution Blocked for Jeffery Wood (UA 160/16)
On 19 August, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution to Jeffery Wood, who was scheduled…
August 22, 2016
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Good News! – Egypt: Mahienour El-Massry and Youssef Shaaban Released, Loay El-Kahwagy Soon to be Realeased (UA 107/15)
Mahienour El-Massry and Youssef Shaaban were released on 13 August after serving their 15-month prison sentence. Loay El-Kahwagi, who was…
August 18, 2016
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Good News! – Mexico: Ildefonso Zamora Released (UA 106/16)
Mexican prisoner of conscience Ildefonso Zamora was released on 12 August after almost nine months in jail. The local judge…
August 16, 2016
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Good News! – Russian Federation: Konstantin Zadoya Released (UA 172/16)
Konstantin Zadoya was released on 3 August from a psychiatric hospital in Novosibirsk, western Siberia. He had been detained there…
August 16, 2016
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Good News! – Ukraine: Kostyantyn Beskorovaynyi Released and Returned Home (UA 17/16)
Kostyantyn Beskorovaynyi returned home on 25 February, having spent 15 months in secret detention. In July, Ukraine’s Chief Military Prosecutor…
August 11, 2016
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Good News! – Greece: Return of Refugees to Turkey Halted (UA 135/16)
The first two Syrian refugees that became at risk of being forcibly returned to Turkey under the illegal EU-Turkey deal…
August 8, 2016