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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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Great News! Eviction order suspeded!
The Laranjeira Ñhanderu community can now stay on their ancestral lands, after a court decision suspended an eviction order until…
April 20, 2012
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Great News! Syrian prisoner held for for media interviews released!
Mohammed Najati Tayyara, a retired school teacher from Homs, was arrested on 12 May 2011 following media interviews he gave…
April 20, 2012
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Great News! Federal court blocks Alabama execution!
Seventy-year-old Alabama death row prisoner Thomas Arthur has received a stay of execution from a federal court. He had been…
April 20, 2012
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Great News! Prisoner Kimanus Wenda recieves medical treatment!
On 12 March, Kimanus Wenda traveled from Nabire prison to Jayapura, capital of Papua province, accompanied by his lawyer, to…
April 20, 2012
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Connecticut Abolishes the Death Penalty!
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law the repeal of Connecticut’s death penalty, making his state the 17th, and…
April 19, 2012
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Great News! Kuwaiti Teenager Held in Bahrain Released.
Kuwaiti teenager Ali Feifel Sahad al-Ali was released on 14 March 2012, after he was sentenced to one month in…
March 26, 2012
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Great News! Professor Mohamed Zain Al-Abideen was released without charge on 4 March after being held for 15 days.
Mohamed Zain Al-Abideen, the Dean of the College of Higher Education at the University of Al Zaiem Al Azhari in…
March 26, 2012
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Great News! Pro-reform activist Georges Moubayed was released at the end of January 2012.
Georges Moubayed, a jeweller aged 62, was abducted after leaving his house in the Jaramana district of the Syrian capital…
March 26, 2012
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Great News! Around 15 men detained in Riyadh, during a protest held on 16 December have been released.
Around 15 men detained in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, during a protest held on 16 December have been released. Around…
March 26, 2012
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Great News! José Daniel Ferrer GarcÃa Was Released Without Charge on 24 February.
Former prisoner of conscience José Daniel Ferrer GarcÃa told Amnesty International how he had been arrested in Havana on 21…
March 26, 2012
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Great News! Mexican Human Rights Defender Released on Bail on 24 February.
On 24 February, at around 00:30, Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez was released on bail, following a court hearing in the…
March 26, 2012
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Great News! Student Activist Released Without Charge
Sudanese student Taj Alsir Jaafar was released without charge on 23 February 2012 after being detained by the Sudanese National…
March 2, 2012