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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.
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! – China: Ren Quanniu Released (UA 165/16)
Lawyer Ren Quanniu, who was criminally detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, has been released on bail.…
August 8, 2016
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Good News! – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Vano Kiboko Released (UA 29/16)
Vano Kiboko, a former Member of Parliament who had been in detention since December 2014, was released from prison on…
August 3, 2016
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Good News! – Iran: Ehsan Shah Ghasemi Released from Death Row (UA 120/15)
Ehsan Shah Ghasemi, a 25-year-old Iranian man who had been on death row since October 2014, was released from prison…
August 2, 2016
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Good News! – Angola: Charges Against Arão Bula Tempo Dropped (UA 78/15)
The Cabinda Provincial Tribunal dismissed the criminal charges against human rights lawyer Arão Bula Tempo on 12 July.
July 19, 2016
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Good News! – Ukraine: Ivan Bezyazykov Released From Detention (UA 231/15)
Ukrainian officer Ivan Bezyazykov was released from detention by the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on 5 July after spending…
July 15, 2016
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Good News! Russian Federation: Performance Artist Released from Prison (UA 34/16)
Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky was released from prison on 8 June after almost seven months in custody. Pyotr Pavlensky…
July 15, 2016
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Good News! – Myanmar: U Gambira Released (UA 14/16)
Prisoner of conscience U Gambira was released on 1 July after all charges against him were dropped by courts in…
July 5, 2016
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Good News! – Sudan: Eight Students Released (UA 105/16)
Eight students who were arrested while at the office of the human rights lawyer, Nabil Adib, in Khartoum on 5…
June 28, 2016
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Good News! – Bahrain: Zainab Al-Khawaja Released (UA 306/14)
Zainab al-Khawaja and her son were released from prison in Bahrain on humanitarian grounds on 31 May. She left Bahrain…
June 17, 2016
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Good News! – Turkey: Fadi Mansour Released (UA 282/15)
Syrian refugee Fadi Mansour finally reunited with his family in Melbourne, Australia, on 11 June. He had been held in…
June 16, 2016
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Good News! – Saudi Arabia Mohammed Saleh al-Bajadi Released (UA 91/11)
Human rights defender Mohammed Saleh al-Bajadi was released on 7 April from a rehabilitation centre where he had spent four…
June 9, 2016
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Good News! – Turkey: Syrian Refugees Released (UA 118/16)
Seven of the 12 Syrian refugees detained in Düziçi camp, Osmaniye province, in southern Turkey, were released on 20 May.…
May 27, 2016