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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.
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! – Convicted Environmental Activists Released (Cambodia: UA 279.17)
Two environmental activists and prisoners of conscience, convicted of and sentenced on trumped-up charges based on their peaceful activism, were…
February 21, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Turkish Medical Association Leaders Released (Turkey: UA 16.18)
All 11 doctors who are members of the Turkish Medical Association’s Central Council, detained on 30 January following the association’s…
February 16, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Governor Stays Execution After Juror Plea (USA: UA 13.18)
On 8 February, the Ohio Governor issued an eight-month reprieve for Raymond Tibbetts, who was due to be executed on 13…
February 9, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Student in Solitary Confinement Released (Sudan: UA 203.17)
Naser Aldeen Mukhtar Mohamed, the former chairperson of the Darfur Students Association at the Holy Quran University, was released without…
February 5, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Two Memorial Activists Released on Bail (China: UA 7.18)
Independent writers Li Xuewen and Zhan Huidong (aka “Xiaozhang” or “Headmaster”), detained due to their participation in the July 2017…
January 30, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Supreme Court Blocks Execution in Alabama (USA: UA 11.18)
The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution in the case of Vernon Madison who was scheduled to be…
January 29, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Opposition Member Released From Sudan Prison (Sudan: UA 2.18)
Radwan Daoud, a dual national of the US and Sudan, was released without charge from Kober Prison on 18 January.…
January 29, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Peaceful Protestors And Activists Released (Egypt: UA 255.17)
Human rights activist and former Prisoner of Conscience Mahienour el-Masryand labour activist Moatasem Medhat acquitted of all charges by Montazah Misdemeanour Court of…
January 26, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! Lesotho Soldiers Acquitted of Mutiny Charges (Lesotho: UA 263.15)
A Military Court Martial acquitted 22 Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) Soldiers of mutiny charges, while a High Court had ordered…
January 23, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! Tatar Activist And Prisoner Of Conscience Released (Russian Federation: UA 12.15)
On 27 December 2017, Tatar activist Rafis Kashapov was released from prison after having served the full three-year sentence for…
January 18, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! Missing Bangladeshi Academic Returned Home (Bangladesh: UA 252.17)
Mubashar Hasan, a well-known Bangladeshi academic who went missing and was feared to have been subject to an enforced disappearance,…
January 3, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! Palestinian Human Rights Defender Released (Israel/OPT: UA 154.16)
Palestinian human rights defender and media coordinator for prisoners’ rights group Addameer, Hasan Safadi, was released on 7 December from…
December 18, 2017