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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.
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Good News! – India: Human Rights Activists Released on Bail (UA 52/15)
Human rights activists Jaison C Cooper and Thushar Nirmal Sarathy were released on bail on 16 March, after being arrested…
March 19, 2015
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Good News! – Cameroon: Journalist Released from Custody (UA 62/15)
Human rights defender and journalist Gerard Kuissu was released from custody on the night of 17 March, after Amnesty International…
March 18, 2015
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Good News! – United Arab Emirates: Dr. al-Shawa Released (UA 7/15)
Turkish citizen of Palestinian origin, Dr Amer al-Shawa, was released from detention on 13 February after 135 days of enforced…
March 16, 2015
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Good News! – Saudi Arabia: Women Drivers Released (UA 308/14)
Saudi Arabian women drivers Loujain al-Hathloul and Maysaa al-Amoudi were released on 12 February after spending 10 weeks in detention.…
March 13, 2015
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Good News! – Burundi: Prominent Journalist Released (UA 17/15)
Journalist Bob Rugurika was released on bail on 19 February 2015 after being detained for a month. The Bujumbura Court…
March 6, 2015
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Good News! – Syria: Louay Hussein Released on Bail (UA 289/14)
Louay Hussein was released on bail on 25 February
February 26, 2015
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Good News! – USA: Texas Court Issues Stay of Execution (UA 39/15)
On 23 February, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution in the case of Rodney Reed,…
February 24, 2015
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Good News! – Dominican Republic: Deported Dominican Man Able to Return Home (UA 41/15)
A Dominican man arbitrarily deported to Haiti on 19 February was able to return to his hometown in the Dominican…
February 23, 2015
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Good News! – Equatorial Guinea: Three Detainees Released (UA 24/15)
Celestino Okenve, Antonio Nguema and Miguel Mbomio were released unconditionally from police detention on 30 January 2015.
February 10, 2015
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Good News! – Saudi Arabia: Souad al-Shammari Released
Women’s rights activist Souad al-Shammari was released on 29 January after three months of detention without charge. The conditions of…
February 2, 2015
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Bidun Activists Released!
Kuwaiti Bidun activists ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli and ‘Abdullah ‘Atallah were released on 6 and 14 August, respectively.
December 2, 2014
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One Student Released, Other Still Detained (Indonesia)
One of the two Papuan students tortured or otherwise ill-treated by police has been released. The other is still in…
December 2, 2014