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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! – Guinea: Dogius Koly Théa and Kala Honomou Released (UA 133/15)
Dogius Koly Théa and Kala Honomou, two men arbitrarily detained in Guinea, have been granted provisional release on health grounds.…
June 17, 2015
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Good News! – Sudan: Yasir Mirghani Abdalrahman and Nasreen Ali Mustafa Released (UA 121/15)
Pharmacist Yasir Mirghani Abdalrahman, who is also the Secretary General of the Sudanese Consumer Protection Society, and civil society activist,…
June 15, 2015
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Good News! – United Arab Emirates: Mahmoud al-Jaidah Released (UA 301/13)
Prisoner of conscience Dr Mahmoud al-Jaidah was pardoned on 22 May and deported to Qatar. He had been serving a…
June 15, 2015
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Good News! – United Arab Emirates: Three Emirati Sisters Released (UA 38/15)
Three Emirati sisters were released on 15 May in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They had been secretly detained since…
June 15, 2015
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Good News! – Iran: Mahdieh Golrou Released (UA 11/15)
Women’s rights defender Mahdieh Golrou was released from Tehran’s Evin Prison after three months detained for peaceful demonstrations. She was…
June 11, 2015
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Nigerian Torture Survivor Moses Akatugba Has Been Released!
On 28 May 2015, Emmanuel Uduaghan, the governor of Delta State, granted a full pardon to Moses Akatugba, who was…
May 29, 2015
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Good News! – United Arab Emirates: Hamad Ali Mohammad al-Hamadi Pardoned (UA 256/14)
Qatari national, Hamad Ali Mohammad al-Hamadi, who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison, was pardoned by the president…
May 28, 2015
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Good News! – Cameroon: Foudama Ousmane Receives Medical Treatment (89/15)
Foudama Ousmane, a detainee who was at risk of blindness, was examined by a doctor on the morning of 20…
April 23, 2015
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Good News! – Sudan: Sandara Farouq Kaouda Released (86/15)
Sandara Farouq Kadouda was released on 15 April. She had been abducted on 12 April by a group of men…
April 17, 2015
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Good News! – USA: Asylum-Seekers Released From Detention (UA 58/15)
Celia Ismalej and her 18-month-old son have been released from detention after being granted asylum protection in the USA.
April 15, 2015
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Good News! – China: Five Women Rights Activists Released on Bail (UA 54/15)
Five women rights activists detained after planning events to mark International Women’s Day were released on bail on 13 April.…
April 15, 2015
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Good News! – Sudan: Prominent Political Leaders Freed (UA 310/14)
Farouk Abu Issa and Dr Amin Maki Madani were released unconditionally on 9 April after being in detention for 124…
April 10, 2015