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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! Congress Rejects Regressive Abortion Reform (Dominican Republic: UA 151.16)
On 11 July, the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Congress voted to reject proposed reforms to the Criminal Code…
July 17, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Defenders End Strike, Release Secured (Cuba: UA 76.17)
Siblings and human rights defenders Anairis Miranda Leyva, Adairis Miranda Leyva and Fidel Manuel Batista Leyva ended the hunger strike…
July 17, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Three Labour Activists Released On Bail (China: UA 136.17)
Hua Haifeng, Li Zhao, and Su Heng were released on bail on 28 June 2017 after being criminally detained while…
July 11, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Nader Abdulemam Released After Serving Term (Bahrain: UA 51.17)
Prisoner of conscience, Nader Abdulemam, was released from Jaw prison on 30 June after completing his six-month prison sentence.
July 6, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Kurdish Activist In Critical Health Released (Syria: UA 151.17)
Syrian Kurdish opposition activist Suleiman Abdulmajid Oussou was released on 24 June. He had been detained by the Asayish forces…
July 3, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Opposition Politician Released (Maldives: UA 143.17)
Opposition politician Adam Azim has been released after spending nearly a week in detention in Maldives. He was arrested and…
June 16, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Torture Survivor Released In Chechnya (Belarus: UA 132.17)
Murad Amriev was handed over to Russian law enforcement officers at 3am on 9 June after having been returned from…
June 12, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Journalists Cleared Of Criminal Defamation (Timor Leste: UA 230.16)
On 1 June, a Dili court cleared Raimundos Oki and Lourenco Vicente Martins of all charges against them. The two…
June 2, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Social Media Activist Released From Prison (Maldives: UA 70.17)
Maldivian social media activist Thayyib Shaheem was released on 17 April after spending almost one month on remand in Dhoonidhoo…
May 31, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Community Leader Freed After Charges Dropped (Togo: UA 104.17)
Salomée T. Abalodo, farmer and community leader, has been released after the Tribunal of Pagouda (Kara, northern region of Togo)…
May 23, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Pastor, Missionary And Activist Released (Sudan: UA 260.16)
Petr Jezek, Hassan A. Kodi and Abdulmonem Abdumawla have been released after a presidential pardon. Petr Jezek had been sentenced…
May 17, 2017
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Urgent Action Victory! Pastor, Missionary And Activist Released (Sudan: UA 260.6)
Petr Jezek, Hassan A. Kodi and Abdulmonem Abdumawla have been released after a presidential pardon. Petr Jezek had been sentenced…
May 17, 2017