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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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Urgent Action Victory! – Indigenous Peoples Advocate Released on Bail (India: UA 49.18)
Upendra Nayak, a 65-year-old lawyer, was granted bail and released from custody on 23 March 2018. Charged with several offences,…
April 2, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Alabama Ends Pursuit of 2nd Execution Attempt (UA: UA 29.18)
An agreement signed on 27 March means that Alabama will not pursue another death warrant for Doyle Hamm, whose execution…
March 28, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Ohio Governor Commutes Death Sentence (USA: UA 47.18)
On 26 March the Governor of Ohio granted clemency to William Montgomery, who was scheduled to be executed on 11…
March 27, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Family Seeking Asylum From Detention (USA: UA 53.18)
Asylum seekers 15-year-old Astrid and her father Arturo were released from immigration detention at the Berks County Residential Center on…
March 27, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Activist Released and Given Deportation Reprieve (Russian Federation: UA 61.17)
On 15 February, Ali Feruz was released and arrived in Germany a few hours later. The release came after the…
March 23, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Forcibly Returned Woman No Longer at Risk (North Korea: UA 253.17)
Detained since 3 December 2017 in North Korea for leaving the country without legal permits, Koo Jeong-hwa’s family reports that…
March 22, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Kashmiri Photojournalist Released on Bail (India: UA 43.18)
Kamran Yousuf was granted bail and released from prison on 14 March 2018, following six months of pre-trial detention. He…
March 19, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – 35 Ill and Injured Evacuated from Eastern Ghouta (Syria: UA 275.17)
A further 35 patients awaiting medical evacuation in besieged Eastern Ghouta have been evacuated to Damascus city for medical treatment…
March 15, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Cartoonist Released After Charges Dropped (Equatorial Guinea: UA 219.17)
Equatorial Guinean cartoonist and activist, Ramón Esono Ebalé was released from Malabo prison of Black Beach on 7 March. Eight…
March 9, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Youth Activist Unconditionally Released (Chad: UA 44.18)
Alain Didah Kemba, spokesperson of the Chadian youth movement IYINA, was unconditionally released on 26 February after being presented before…
February 28, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Texas Governor Commutes Death Sentence (USA: UA 37.18)
On 22 February, the Governor of Texas commuted the death sentence of Thomas Whitaker hours before he was due to…
February 27, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Prisoner Of Conscience Gets Medical Care (Venezuela: UA 274.17)
Prisoner of conscience Villca Fernández finally received medical care after having been denied urgently needed medical treatment since June 2017.…
February 22, 2018