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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: Prominent Journalist Jia Jia Released (UA 62/16)
Prominent journalist and columnist Jia Jia went missing on 15 March while he was due to board a flight to…
March 30, 2016
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Good News! – Kuwait: Former MP Saleh al-Mulla Acquitted (UA 4/15)
Former Kuwaiti opposition MP Saleh al-Mulla was acquitted by the Appeal Court on 9 March of “insulting the Amir of…
March 29, 2016
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Good News! – Qatar: Prisoner of Conscience Released (UA 319/12)
Qatari poet Mohammed al-Ajami, a prisoner of conscience, was released on 15 March when the Emir of Qatar pardoned him…
March 29, 2016
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Good News! – United Arab Emirates: Muawiya al-Ruwahi Released (UA 64/15)
Omani blogger Muawiya al-Ruwahi was acquitted by the Federal Supreme court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 14 March.…
March 29, 2016
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Good News! – Kuwait: Nawaf al-Hendal Aquitted (UA 70/15)
Kuwaiti human rights activist Nawaf al-Hendal was acquitted on 1 March, along with 10 other men, of charges including “illegal…
March 29, 2016
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Good News! – China: Zhang Kai Released (190/15)
A prominent human rights lawyer supporting churches resisting the removal of crosses was released on 23 March after being detained…
March 25, 2016
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Good News! – Democratic Republic of Congo: Nine Peaceful Protestors Released (UA 173/15)
Two activists from Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA), Juvin Kombi Narcisse and Pascal Byumanine have been sentenced to three months…
March 17, 2016
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Good News! – Tunisia: Six Men Released (UA 298/15)
Six Tunisian men convicted of “sodomy” were found guilty but not returned to prison on 3 March, after their sentence…
March 7, 2016
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Good News! – South Sudan: Journalist Released Without Charge (UA 22/16)
Joseph Afandi, a journalist with the El Tabeer daily newspaper who was held incommunicado by the South Sudanese National Security…
February 22, 2016
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Good News! – Tunisia: Abdelfattah Said Released (UA 230/15)
Tunisian teacher Abdelfattah Said has been freed. His case was dismissed by a court of appeal on 5 February.
February 19, 2016
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Good News! – Iran: Journalist Jason Rezaian Released (UA 307/14)
Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian was released from Tehran’s Evin Prison on 16 January, after being detained for 18 months on…
February 17, 2016
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Good News! – Greece: Refugees Allowed Access to Transit Camp (UA 16/16)
A large transit camp with facilities appropriate for cold weather at the Greek border with “the former Yugoslav Republic of…
February 3, 2016