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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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(UA 107/10) Good News! Iranian Prisoner of Conscience Released on Bail
Filmmaker Mohammad Ali Shirzadi was released on bail from Evin Prison in Tehran on 19 June. He is due to…
April 14, 2011
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(UA 134/10) Good News! Prisoner of Conscience Released in Cuba
Darsi Ferrer was released from detention in the Cuban capital, Havana, on June 22nd. He had spent almost a year…
April 14, 2011
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(UA 127/10) Good News! Doctors Released from Prison in Sudan
Doctors Ahmed Alabwabi, Alhadi Bakhit, Abdelaziz Ali Jamee, Ahmed Abdallah Khalafallah, Ashraf Hammad and Mahmoud Khairallah…
April 14, 2011
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Jonathan Green Execution Stayed in Texas
On June 30, 2010, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution to Jonathan Green. The Texas…
April 14, 2011
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(UA 137/10) Good News! Rejected Somali Asylum-Seeker Released from Detention in UK
On 23 June, the UK authorities deferred their plans to forcibly return “Mr S”, a rejected Somali asylum-seeker to Mogadishu,…
April 14, 2011
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(UA 112/10) Good News! Stay of Execution Granted in Texas
On 30 June the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of Jonathan Marcus Green less than four hours…
April 14, 2011
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(UA 239/09) Good News! Iranian Human Rights Defender Released
Iranian human rights defender Ali Bakas was released from Evin Prison on 29 June 2010 after being acquitted of all…
April 14, 2011
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(UA 145/10) Good News! Kuwaiti Journalist Released from Prison
Kuwait journalist and blogger Muhammad ‘Abd al-Qader al-Jasem, held since 11 May 2010, was released following a court…
April 14, 2011
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Tenessee Gov. commutes Gaile Owens’ death sentence
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has commuted the death sentence of Gaile Owens. She was sentenced to death for soliciting…
April 14, 2011
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(UA 142/10) Good News! Mexican Priest and Human Rights Defender Released!
A Mexican priest and human rights defender who was put in pre-charge detention on June 19th was released on bail…
April 14, 2011
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(UA 190/09) Great News! Protest Leaders Released from Prison in Mexico
Three leaders of a protest in Mexico against high electricity bills were released from prison on June 6th, after 11…
April 14, 2011
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(UA 64/10) Good News! Syrian Human Rights Activist Receives Needed Medical Attention!
Kurdish human rights activist ‘Abed al-Hafith ‘Abed al-Rahman is now allowed family visits at Aleppo Central Prison, where…
April 14, 2011