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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! Young Syrian Activist No Longer at Risk (UA 258/11)
Young Syrian activist Hanadi Zahlout, who had been held in incommunicado detention at an unknown location after her arrest on…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! Five Sudanese Activists Relseased (UA 123/11)
On 17 August, Darfuri activist Shakir Abdelrahman Adam, who was arrested in connection to protests at Nyala University, Sudan, was…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! Activist and Son No Longer at Risk of Torture (UA 255/11)
Syrian activist Walid al-Bunni and his son Mu’ayad al-Bunni, who had been held incommunicado after their arrest on 6 August…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! Iranian student activist pardoned UA 60/09
Prisoner of conscience Mohammad Pour Abdollah was released from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, on 27 August…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! STUDENT PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE RELEASED
"Prisoner of conscience Milad Asadi was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on 27 August 2011 where he had been…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! HIV/AIDS Doctors Released from Prison in Iran
“Prisoner of conscience Doctor Arash Alaei was released from Evin Prison in Tehran on 27 August 2011 where he had…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! No Charge for Social Media Posts
"Two Mexicans who had been detained and charged with terrorism and sabotage after being accused of posting messages on Twitter…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! George Sabra Released
George Sabra was released without charge on 19 September after being brought before a civil court judge in Qatana, south-west…
October 18, 2011
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Great News! Eviction of Roman halted (UA 259/11)
Following protests by human rights organizations and foreign embassies the planned forced eviction of Roma from Baia Mare, Romania on…
October 18, 2011
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(UA 248/11) Great News! Forced Eviction in Angola Cancelled
“The planned forced evictions in the Arco Iris neighborhood of Lubango, Angola, which were scheduled for 25 August, did not…
October 18, 2011
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Political prisoner release should prompt continued pressure on Myanmar
Three prisoners of conscience for whom Amnesty International has campaigned for years have been released.
October 15, 2011
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Ugandan gay rights activist wins top human rights award
Ugandan LGBT activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera has been awarded the 2011 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders.
October 14, 2011