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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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Zouhayer Makhlouf
Zouhayer Makhlouf was released without charge, two days after the initial UA had been issued.
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Leith Shubeilat
Leith Shubeilat was freed under a special amnesty on 8 November 1996.
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“Amnesty International has helped me so many times.”
Hassan Bility was released by the Liberian government and handed over to the United States embassy officials on December 7.
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Wissam Tawfiq Abyad
Wissam Tawfiq Abyad, a Prisoner of Conscience, was released on January 15, 2004.
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5 Human Rights Defenders Released without Charge by Sudanese Security Forces
Five human rights defenders were released without charge by security forces.
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Civil society leaders released amid political transition
“Peace and human rights must be the priority now,” Krishna Pahadi said. “The politics of violence must end.”
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Nestor Rodriguez, Prisoner of Conscience, Relased
Prisoner of conscience Nestor Rodriguez Lobaina was released in July 2005, after five years and four months in prison.
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Prisoner of Conscience, Camilo MejÃa Castillo, released!
Camilo Mejia Castillo was released before the completion of his one-year sentence.
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Helen Berhane
Helen Berhane, a well-known Christian evangelical singer, was released from captivity in Eritrea.
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Abdel Rahman al-Shaghouri
Abdel Rahman al-Shaghouri was released on August 31, 2005, one week after the end of his sentence.
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Ignatius Mahendra Wardhana and Yoyok Eko Widodo
Ignatius Mahendra Wardhana and Yoyok Eko Widodo were released on August 17 and July 26, 2005, respectively.
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Prisoner of Conscience Gerard Jean-Juste has been released!
Gerard Jean Juste, who is reportedly suffering from leukemia, was granted a provisional release from detention.