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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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Stay of execution granted!
Good News! The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay of execution for Cathy Henderson who had been scheduled to…
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38 Ethiopian political prisoners freed!
Amnesty International welcomes the release of Mesfin Woldemariam, one of 38 Ethiopian opposition party officials, prominent…
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Environmental Activist Released!
It is with great joy that we announce the release of Dr Mohamed Jalal Ahmed Hashim, a prominent opponent of the construction…
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Clemency granted for Kenneth Foster
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 6-1 to recommend clemency for Kenneth Foster, and Texas Governor Rick Perry…
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Worldwide Moratorium on Executions Endorsed at United Nations
On November 15, 2007, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly voted to endorse a resolution calling for a…
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Youth Leader Freed in Belarus
Amnesty International welcomes the release from prison on January 23 of Zmitser Dashkevich, leader of a youth organization…
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The Blue Diamond Society
The 39 metis (male transvestites) arrested in Kathmandu on 9 August were released on bail on 20 August. The Blue Diamond…
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Sami al Hajj Released from Guantanamo
Sami al Hajj, a Sudanese cameraman for the television station al-Jazeera, has been released from Guantanamo. He was held by…
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Uzbek Human Rights Defender Released
Human rights defender Saidzhakhon Zainabitdinov was released on February 4 under a presidential amnesty. He had been serving…
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Marcelino and Leonardo Miranda, and Feliciano Pineda Freed
Leonardo Miranda, the last of three Honduran prisoners of conscience on whose behalf AIUSA has campaigned for the past year…
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115 Members of Congress Sign Letter Condemning Violence against Women in Guatemala
On Wednesday May 10, 2006 the Congressional Dear Colleague letter initiated by California Representatives Barbara Lee, Tom…
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Dr. Haleh Esfandiari allowed to leave Iran!
Haleh Esfandiari is the Head of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in…