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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! – Oman: Mahmoud al-Fazari Released (UA 167/15)
Omani national Mahmoud al-Fazari was released without charge on 6 August.
August 10, 2015
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Good News! – Sudan: Reverend Yat Michael and Reverend Peter Yen Released (UA 28/15)
Two South Sudanese pastors, Reverend Yat Michael and Reverend Peter Yen, were released on 5 August after being sentenced to…
August 7, 2015
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Good News! – Myanmar: Media Workers Released (UA 213/14)
Five media workers have been released under a presidential amnesty in Myanmar. They had been serving two-year prison sentences for…
August 7, 2015
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Good News! – Myanmar: Ba Thar, Kyaw Myint, Hla Myint and Kyaw Khin Released (UA 73/15)
Four Rohingya leaders in Myanmar have been released under a presidential amnesty. They had been imprisoned in connection with community…
August 6, 2015
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Good News! – Myanmar: U Sein Than Released (UA 218/14)
Community leader U Sein Than, who had been sentenced to two years in prison in Myanmar for the peaceful exercise…
August 6, 2015
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Good News! – Chad: Djeralar Miankeol Released (UA 138/15)
Djeralar Miankeol, Chadian land rights activist and Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, was released on 28 July. The Moundou Court…
July 30, 2015
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Good News! – Bahrain: Sayed Jamil Kadhem Released (UA 40/15)
Sayed Jamil Kadhem was released on 27 July after completing his six-month sentence.
July 29, 2015
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Good News! – Macedonia: Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants in the Reception Center for Foreigners “Gazi Baba” Released (UA 46/15)
The Reception Center for Foreigners “Gazi Baba” has been closed. This brings an end to the detention of hundreds of…
July 28, 2015
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Good News! – Gambia: Alagie Abdoulaye Released (UA 156/15)
Alagie Abdoulaye Ceesay, managing director of the Gambian Radio Station Teranga FM, has been released on 13 July.
July 17, 2015
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Good News! – China: Guo Bin and Yang Zhangqing Released (UA 137/15)
Two activists associated with a prominent anti-discrimination NGO continue to be held in a detention center in Henan province. They…
July 15, 2015
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Good News! – Bahrain: Dr Sa’eed Mothaher Habib al-Samahiji Released (UA 172/14)
Dr Sa’eed Mothaher Habib al-Samahiji was released on 1 July. He had completed his one-year sentence.
July 7, 2015
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Good News! – Russian Federation: Mikhail Feldman, Dmitry Fonarev and Oleg Savvin Released (UA 254/14)
Oleg Savvin, Mikhail Feldman and Dmitriy Fonarev, who have spent more than a year in detention for raising the German…
June 19, 2015