Victories

Changing lives and policies

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.

Here are our victories

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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Claude Yabanda

Claude Yabanda, was released from prison on December 11.

April 27, 2011

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Leyla Zana — Special Focus Case

Leyla Zana and three other parliamentarians were released from prison on June 9, 2004 by order of a Turkish appeals court.

April 27, 2011

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Latvia Pride

In 2007 Amnesty supporters sent over a thousand appeals to the Latvian authorities urging safety for participants in the Riga Pride event.

April 27, 2011

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Girl from Al-Qatif pardoned

The sentences of flogging and imprisonment imposed on a woman rape victim and her male companion, are reported to have been dropped.

April 27, 2011

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Nicaragua: Sodomy Laws Repealed

On June 11, 1992 the Nicaraguan National Assembly approved a number of amendments to the Penal Code regarding sexual…

April 27, 2011