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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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“Amnesty International has helped me so many times.”
Hassan Bility, a journalist with The Analyst newspaper in Liberia, was held incommunicado and without charge or trial…
April 14, 2011
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New York State legislative committee defeats death penalty
AIUSA was among the activist groups working to prevent Governor Pataki and the State Senate from “fixing” a fundamentally…
April 14, 2011
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Bangladeshi journalist appreciates AI’s support.
On March 8, 2005, Bangladeshi journalist Sumi Khan visited AI’s United Kingdom section to talk about her experiences as a…
April 14, 2011
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Wangari Maathai, previous Urgent Action case, is awarded Nobel Peace Prize!
A leader of Kenya’s Greenbelt Movement, Wangari Maathai was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Urgent Action Network…
April 14, 2011
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Lim Taehoon has been released!
Lim Taehoon (28), a South Korean gay rights activist was arrested on February 26, 2004 for refusing to serve mandatory…
April 14, 2011
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Grassroots events held around the country
Denounce Torture activists from around the United States held more than 50 events in commemoration of June 26th, the United…
April 14, 2011
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Congress blocks the outsourcing of torture
In June, Congress banned the government from using any money in a newly passed State Department and Defense Department…
April 14, 2011
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Released Guantanamo Bay detainee thanks AI
A dual citizen of the UK and Pakistan, Moazzam Begg was one of the first foeign nationals to be detained…
April 14, 2011
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Conscientious Objector Freed
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia Castillo, who had been imprisoned on charges of ‘desertion’ from the US Army, was released from…
April 14, 2011
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Human Rights Defenders Receive Protection, Thank Urgent Action Activists
Three members of the Insan Haklari Dernegi (IHD), Human Rights Association, Eren Keskin, Saban Dayanan and Dogan Genc have…
April 14, 2011
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Human Rights Defender Thanks Activists
Sudan: Lawyer and human rights defender Saleh Mahmud Osman visited AI UK in London in April 2005. He discussed his…
April 14, 2011
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Prisoner of Conscience Professor Yury Bandazhevsky Is Free!
Amnesty International USA welcomes the good news that Yury Bandazhevsky, a prisoner of conscience and one of AIUSA’s Special…
April 14, 2011