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We free people from prison who are being held unjustly because of who they are or what they believe. We change laws to protect millions of people’s human rights. We transform societies to be more fair, free, and just.

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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. 

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 158/11) Great News! Activists Released in Iraq

Activists from the Ayna Haqqi NGO that had been detained in Baghdad on 28 May have now all been released. They had participated in peaceful demonstrations in protest against deteriorating…

June 24, 2011

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(UA 18/11) Great News! Activist Released in Sudan

Adil Ibrahim Karar, the last of the activists known to have been detained in connection with demonstrations in Sudan in January, was released on 29 May. He had been arrested…

June 24, 2011

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(UA 18/11) Great News! Sudanese Protesters Released

Almost all of the protestors arrested at the end of January during demonstrations in Khartoum have now been released. Only one individual, Adil Ibrahim Karar, remains in detention. He is…

June 24, 2011