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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! Environmental Activist Released on Bail
Farzad Haghshenas, an environmental activist and member of the NGO, Sabzchia (The Green Mountain Society), was released on bail on…
November 1, 2011
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Great News! Abducted Pakistani Journalist Released
Pakistani journalist Rehmatullah Darpakhel, who was abducted on 11 August 2011, was released on 12 October and is now recovering…
November 1, 2011
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Great News! Five Sudanese Activists Released
On 17 August, Darfuri activist Shakir Abdelrahman Adam, who was arrested in connection to protests at Nyala University, Sudan, was…
November 1, 2011
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Great News! Activist and Son No Longer at Risk of Torture
Syrian activist Walid al-Bunni and his son Mu’ayad al-Bunni, who had been held incommunicado after their arrest on 6 August…
November 1, 2011
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Great News! Death sentence of Indian migrants revoked (UA 91/10)
Seventeen Indian migrant workers who were sentenced to death in March 2010 for the murder of a Pakistani national in…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! Saudi Arabian Human Rights Activist Released (UA 180/11)
Human rights activist Fadhel Maki al-Manasif was conditionally released on 22 August. He was arrested on 1 May in connection…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! Chinese Designer Liu Zhenggang Released (UA 114/11)
Liu Zhenggang, a designer, has been released. He was released on 24 June on medical grounds. He remains under surveillance…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! Mohammed Hasan al-Labwani Released (UA 266/11)
Mohammed Hasan al-Labwani, who was arrested on 18 August in al-Zabadani, near Damascus, has now been reunited with his family.…
October 18, 2011
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(UA 97/10) Great News! Thirteen Year-Old American Boy to be Tried in Juvenile Court
On 23 August, a Pennsylvania trial court ordered the immediate transfer of Jordan Brown’s case to a juvenile court for…
October 18, 2011
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(UA 244/11) Great News! Malawian Demonstrators Begin Dialogue with Government
Demonstrations that were scheduled to take place in Malawi on 17 August were postponed by participants after a dialogue was…
October 18, 2011
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(UA 163/11) Great News! Argentinean Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Families
An Argentinean court has ordered that any attempts to evict the Quilmes Indigenous community of Colalao del Valle must be…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! Iranian Environmental Activist Released on Bail (UA 195/11)
Farzad Haghshenas, an environmental activist and member of the NGO, Sabzchia (The Green Mountain Society), was released on bail on…
October 18, 2011