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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! Activist Released in Burundi
Faustin Ndikumana, President of the Burundian organization Words and Action for the Awakening of Conscience and the Evolution of Mindsets…
March 2, 2012
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Great News! Syrian Activist Released From Detention
Syrian man Ahmed Andora was released on 27 January 2012 after almost four months in detention.
March 2, 2012
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Great News! Woman Activist Released in Bahrain
Zainab al-Khawaja was released on 20 February after having been arrested on 12 February for participating in a protest. She…
March 2, 2012
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Great News! 14 Manama protestors released
On 14 February 2012 a judge ordered the release of 14 people who had been serving six-month sentences for taking…
March 2, 2012
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Great News! Naser Bader al-Raas found not guilty
A Canadian sentenced last October in Bahrain to five years in prison for taking part in anti-government protests has now…
March 2, 2012
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Great News! Forced Eviction Halted
The planned demolition of the Railway Quarter in Port Harcourt was halted by the state authorities after pressure from the…
March 2, 2012
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Great News! Sudanese Activist Released Without Charge
The six members of the student-led movement Girifna who were arrested on 25 January have been released from Kober prison…
March 2, 2012
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Great News! Hasson Ba’oom Realeased Without Charge
Hassan Ba’oom, leader of a political opposition group in southern Yemen, was released without charge along with his son Fawaz…
March 2, 2012
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Great News! Detained Activist Released on Bail
Three Zimbabwean activists from the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ) who were arrested in December 2011 have been released on…
March 2, 2012
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10 Years Too Many: International Day of Action Against Guantanamo – January 11, 2012
On January 11, 2012, Amnesty International, Witness Against Torture, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, the Center for Constitutional Rights…
February 10, 2012
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Great News! Governor of Delaware Grants Clemency
The Governor of the US state of Delaware has commuted the death sentence of Robert Gattis to life imprisonment without…
January 30, 2012
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Great News! Chadian Human Rights Defender Daniel Deuzoumbe Released
Human rights defender Daniel Deuzoumbe Passalet was released without charge on 30 December 2011. He returned to N’Djamena, the capital…
January 30, 2012