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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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Former Chair of Amnesty International Nepal Released from Prison
Five months of intense action by Amnesty International activists paid off on July 4 when veteran human rights defender…
April 14, 2011
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Five Prisoners of Conscience Released from Libyan Jails
Ramadan Shaglouf, Tariq al-Dernawi, Tawfiq al-Jehani, Ali Be’aou and Musa al-Ziwi were released on September 10 and 11…
April 14, 2011
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Former Guantanamo Prisoners Freed in Russia!
Airat Vakhitov and Rustam Akhmiarov, who were originally held in US custody at Guantanamo Bay, and then sent to Moscow…
April 14, 2011
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“I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Amnesty Internaitonal . . “
Conscientious objector Abdullah Webster was released from prison on April 30, 2005, after serving 11 months of a 14-month…
April 14, 2011
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Environmental Activist and Prisoner of Conscience Felipe Arreaga Released
Amnesty International has received with pleasure the news of the acquittal of Felipe Arreaga Sánchez, environmental…
April 14, 2011
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Xiaodong Li – Sought asylum from religious persecution
Xiaodong Li, who was jailed and beaten in China for breaking a law against private worship, fled to the United…
April 14, 2011
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Death Penalty Moratorium/Study Bill Passes in New Jersey
On January 9, 2006, the New Jersey Assembly passed S-709, a bill that would establish a moratorium on executions while…
April 14, 2011
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Violence Against Women Act is Renewed
Amnesty International USA welcomed Congressional renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), an extension that will…
April 14, 2011
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President Bush Signs into Law the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
On January 5, 2006, President Bush signed into law the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. This extension…
April 14, 2011
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Mamun al-Humsi has been released!
Mamun Al-Humsi and Riad Seif, two former members of Syria’s parliament, were freed on January 18 by the Syrian government…
April 14, 2011
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Arthur Baird’s death sentence has been commuted
Arthur P. Baird described by various courts and mental health professionals as “insane at the time of the murders,” “legally…
April 14, 2011
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Robin Lovitt’s death sentence commuted in Virginia
Gov. Mark R. Warner commuted the death sentence of Robin Lovitt to life in prison. Mr. Lovitt was scheduled to…
April 14, 2011