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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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(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…
August 29, 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…
August 29, 2011
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USA: Lawyers successful in moving boy’s murder trial to juvenile court
A US trial court has transferred a murder trial involving a 13-year-old to juvenile court, avoiding a possible violation of…
August 26, 2011
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Benin closer to abolishing the death penalty
Benin is about to abolish the death penalty, joining countries worldwide that have ratified a treaty to end capital punishment.
August 20, 2011
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(UA 165/11) Great News! Environmentalist Released From Jail In India
Ramesh Agrawal, one of the two human rights defenders and environmental rights campaigners who has spent two months in the…
August 17, 2011
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(UA 128/09) Great News! Human Rights Defender Released In Russia
Russian human rights defender Aleksei Sokolov has been released on parole. His sentence for charges which he has always denied…
August 17, 2011
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(UA 210/11) Great News! 6 Malaysian Activists Released
Socialist Party MP Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj and five party officers were released on 29 July from Jinjang police station, in…
August 4, 2011
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Malaysia frees activists detained under emergency law
The activists, known as the E06, were arrested in relation to an electoral reform rally and held without charge for…
July 29, 2011
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(UA 219/11) Great News! UN Worker Released In Sudan
Idris Yousef Abdelrahman, a civil affairs officer for the joint United Nations African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) who was arrested…
July 25, 2011
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Orissa high court rejects Vedanta refinery expansion
Court upholds government decision to reject plans for the expansion of the Lanjigarh refinery finding that the project violated the…
July 20, 2011
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(UA 179/11) Great News! Bahraini Poet Released
Ayat al-Qarmezi, a Bahraini poet and university student at the Faculty of Teachers in Bahrain, sentenced to one year in…
July 15, 2011
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(UA 159/11) Great News! Woman Activist Released In Sudan
Hawa Abdallah, a Sudanese woman who works for the joint United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), was…
July 15, 2011