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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! Syrian Student Released After Two Months
Syrian student Suhaib al-Ammar was released without charge on 10 January 2012, following his arrest by Syrian Air Force Intelligence…
January 30, 2012
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Great News! Sudanese Activist Released Without Charge
Political activist Mohamed Hassan Alim was released without charge on 16 January 2012 after being held incommunicado for 22 days.…
January 30, 2012
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Great News! Campaigner for Religious Tolerance Released in Maldives
A Maldivian activist who was attacked and detained on 10 December 2011 for organizing a peaceful protest calling for religious…
January 30, 2012
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Great News! Bahrainis’ Death Sentences Quashed
Two Bahraini men's death sentences imposed by a military court were quashed on 9 January. The cases have been sent…
January 30, 2012
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Great News! Brother of Human Rights Activists Released in Syria
37-year-old businessman Yassin Ziadeh was arrested by members of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence on 30 August 2011 in Daraya,…
January 30, 2012
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Great News! Somali Man Realeased in United Arab Emirates
Somali national Boqor Osman Mohamoud was released on 5 January and has been reunited with his relatives.
January 30, 2012
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Great News! Chinese Human Rights Activist Wang Lihong Released
Wang Lihong, a human rights activist, has been released. She was released on 20 December from Beijing Chaoyang Detention Center.
January 30, 2012
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Great News! “UAE Five” Pardoned by President
Syrian activist Ghassan Yasin was released from detention on 10 November. He had been held since 18 August.
December 29, 2011
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Great News! Governor Imposes Moratorium on Executions
The Governor of Oregon has blocked an imminent execution — which would have been the first in this US state…
December 29, 2011
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Great News! Journalists Released
The two journalists from newspaper The Destiny, arrested in early November, have been released without charge.
December 29, 2011
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Great News! Syrian Activist No Longer at Risk of Torture
Young Syrian activist Hanadi Zahlout, who had been held in incommunicado detention at an unknown location after her arrest on…
November 1, 2011
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Great News! WOZA Leaders Released
Two leaders of the Zimbabwean social justice movement Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) have been released from prison, and are…
November 1, 2011