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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.
Browse Victories
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Good News! – Myanmar: Imprisoned Media Workers’ Released (UA 82/14)
Unity journalists Lu Maw Naing, Yarzar Oo, Paing Thet Kyaw, Sithu Soe and the newspaper’s chief executive officer Tint San…
April 19, 2016
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Good News! – Myanmar: Htin Lin Oo Has Been Released (UA 16/15)
Htin Lin Oo, writer and former spokesperson for the National League for Democracy (NLD), was released from Monywa prison in…
April 19, 2016
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Good News! – Myanmar: Kyaw Ko Ko Released (UA 247/15)
Prominent student unionist Kyaw Ko Ko was released from prison on 8 April after courts in Myanmar dropped charges against…
April 14, 2016
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Good News! – Myanmar: Nandar Sitt Aung Released (UA 204/15)
Prominent student unionist Nandar Sitt Aung was released from prison on 8 April after all charges against him were dropped…
April 13, 2016
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Good News! – Myanmar: Lin Htet Naing and Phyoe Phyoe Aung Released (UA 252/15)
Student leaders Phyoe Phyoe Aung and Lin Htet Naing (aka James aka Aung Thant Zin) were released on 8 April…
April 13, 2016
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Good News! – Egypt: Mahmoud Hussein Released on Bail (UA 286/14)
Prisoner of conscience Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein was released on 25 March after spending more than two years in detention…
April 13, 2016
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Good News! – United Arab Emirates: Two Libyan Men Acquitted and Released (UA 74/15)
Two Libyan men, Mo’ad Mohammad al-Hashmi al-Harari and ‘Adel Rajeb Nasef, were acquitted of all charges by the Federal Supreme…
April 12, 2016
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Good News! – Honduras: Gustavo Castro Soto Has Returned to Mexico (UA 50/16)
Mexican human rights defender Gustavo Castro Soto, sole witness to the murder of Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, has returned to…
April 5, 2016
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Good News! – Myanmar: Patrick Kum Jaa Lee Released (UA 227/15)
Kachin peace activist Patrick Kum Jaa Lee has been released on 1 April after serving his 6 months sentence. He…
April 4, 2016
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Good News! – Myanmar: Chaw Sandi Tun Released (UA 228/15)
Activist Chaw Sandi Tun has been released on 30 March after serving her 6 months sentence. She was imprisoned for…
April 4, 2016
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Good News! Indonesia: Prisoner Granted Medical Care (UA 289/15)
Malukan prisoner of conscience, Johan Teterissa, was granted medical treatment by prison authorities for a condition affecting both his legs…
March 31, 2016
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Good News! – Turkey: M.K. Released (UA 45/16)
Syrian refugee M.K., who had been arbitrarily detained at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen airport since 9 November 2015, was released on…
March 30, 2016