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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.
Browse Victories
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(UA 58/11) Saudi Arabian Shia Cleric Released from Detention
Saudi Arabian Shia cleric Sheikh Tawfiq Jaber Ibrahim al-Amr was released on 6 March without charge.
April 27, 2011
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(UA 35/11) Kurdish Folk Singer Released in Syria
Kurdish folk singer Abd al-Rahman Mohammed Omar, who performs under the name of Bave Selah, was released.
April 27, 2011
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International Arms Trade Treaty
French President Jacques Chirac issued his government’s support for an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) during a speech…
April 14, 2011
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U.S. Military Assistance to Nepal Halted
With over 10,000 emails to Secretary of State Rice and a very successful rally at the State Department, Amnesty…
April 14, 2011
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US Policy toward Colombia is finally changing and you helped make that happen
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a new aid package to Colombia through its version of the…
April 14, 2011
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Arms Embargo resolution update
Good news – and thank you! On September 27, the U.S. Senate passed Resolution 660 by unanimous consent; the resolution…
April 14, 2011
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Algerian Medical Doctor is Acquitted and Released
Doctor and human rights defender Salaheddine Sidhoum was acquitted on October 16, 2003, in a retrial of his earlier…
April 14, 2011
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Five Political Leaders in Gabon Thank AI Members
Hughes Bessacque, Brice Obanda, Gervais Amogo, Abdul Allogo Mintsa, and Pascal Nkoulou, five members of the Gabonese…
April 14, 2011
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Letters Help Prevent Amputation of 16 Year Old
The sentence of cross amputation passed on 16-year-old Mohamed Hassan Hamdan, member of the Ja’afra ethnic group (an Arab…
April 14, 2011
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Journalist Ruslan Sharipov has been moved from prison to house arrest
On 13 March he was reportedly transferred to a detention centre in Tashkent region best described as an “open” prison…
April 14, 2011
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Zaki Sayid Zaki ‘Abd al-Malak has been released!
We have learnt that the release of Zaki Sayid Zaki ‘Abd al-Malak (featured in Worldwide Appeal – The Wire, April…
April 14, 2011
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Urgent Action letters save lives!
Urgent Action appeals helped to protect Colombian human rights defenders Astrid Manrique and Yolima Quintero after they…
April 14, 2011