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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! – Myanmar: Ko Wai Lu Released (UA 5/15)
Political activist Ko Wai Lu has been released from prison in Myanmar upon completion of his sentence.
December 15, 2015
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Good News! – Myanmar: Thein Aung Myint Released (UA 75/15)
Peaceful protester and Movement for Democratic Current Forces (MDCF) activist Thein Aung Myint has been released from prison in Myanmar…
December 11, 2015
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Good News! – Mexico: Adrián Vasquez Lagunes Released (UA 93/15)
Bus driver and father of four Adrián Vásquez Lagunes was released from prison on 2 December near Tijuana, Mexico, more…
December 2, 2015
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Good News! – India: Kovan Released (UA 249/15)
Dalit folk singer and activist S Sivadas, popularly known by his stage name Kovan, was released on bail on 16…
November 18, 2015
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Good News! – Sudan: Ferdous Al Toum’s Sentence Quashed (UA 151/15)
The Court of Appeal in Sudan has overturned the sentence of Fardous Al Toum, one of the 10 female Christian…
November 10, 2015
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Good News! – Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Mohammed Allan Released (UA 181/15)
Palestinian lawyer Mohammed Allan was released on 4 November after a year of being detained without charge. The Israeli High…
November 6, 2015
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Good News! – USA: Ernest Johnson Issued Stay of Execution (UA 242/15)
The United States Supreme Court issued a stay of execution in the case of Ernest Johnson shortly before he was…
November 4, 2015
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Good News! – Mexico: Indigenous leaders Mario Luna and Fernando Jiménez Released (UA 230/14)
Indigenous Yaqui leaders Mario Luna and Fernando Jiménez have been released after a judge decided that evidence against them was…
November 2, 2015
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Good News! – Egypt: Azza Soliman and 16 Others Acquitted (UA 80/15)
An appeal court has upheld the acquittal of women’s human rights defender Azza Soliman and 16 others who witnessed the…
October 29, 2015
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Good News! – Cuba: Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) Released (214/15)
Cuban graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado (‘El Sexto’) was released on 20 October after spending almost 10 months in prison…
October 21, 2015
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Good News! – USA: Richard Glossip Granted Stay of Execution (UA 192/15)
On 30 September the Governor of Oklahoma issued a 37-day stay of execution for Richard Glossip minutes before he was…
October 8, 2015
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Good News! – Ecuador: Plans to Shut Down Fundamedios Abandoned (UA 196/15)
Ecuadorian authorities have abandoned their plans to shut down freedom of expression organization Fundamedios. This is a welcome move which…
October 8, 2015