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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! Detained Kashmiri Human Rights Defender Released (India: UA 215/16)
Khurram Parvez, a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, was released from administrative detention on 30 November, five days after a…
December 2, 2016
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Good News! – Alternative Housing Provided For Ten Families (Mongolia: UA 77/16)
Ten families from Building #3 in Ulaanbaatar (UB), previously facing homelessness during this severe winter, have been provided with alternative…
November 30, 2016
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Good News! – Charges Dropped, Ebrahim Sharif Remains Free (Bahrain: UA 168/15)
Bahraini political activist Ebrahim Sharif’s one year prison sentence was upheld on 7 November by the Appeal Court. He remains…
November 29, 2016
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Good News! – Youth Activist Released A Week Early (Angola: UA 164/16)
Francisco Mapanda (also known as Dago Nível Intelecto) was released from Comarca de Caquila prison on 21 November, seven days…
November 29, 2016
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Good News! – Student Held For Facebook Posts Out On Bail (Bangladesh: UA 201/16)
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been granted bail after spending more than two months in jail without charge…
November 18, 2016
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Good News! – Prisoner Of Conscience Received Medical Care (Venezuela: 20/16)
Venezuelan Prisoner of Conscience Rosmit Mantilla was finally given the urgent medical attention he needed.
November 14, 2016
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Good News! – 267 Homes Face No Further Threat of Evictions (Nigeria: UA 189/15)
The Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KASUPDA) has not effected 21 day demolition notices issued on 12 August…
November 9, 2016
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Good News! – Homa Hoodfar Freed After Global Campaign (Iran: UA 137/16)
Canadian-Irish-Iranian citizen Dr Homa Hoodfar, a prominent professor of anthropology, was released on 26 September and flown out of Iran…
September 29, 2016
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Good News! – Cambodian Housing Rights Defender Released (Cambodia: UA 175/16)
Two Cambodian housing rights defenders were tried and convicted on 22 August for “insult of a public official”. While Bov…
September 22, 2016
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Good News! – Ahmed Abdullah Released On Bail (Egypt: 9/16)
Prisoner of conscience Ahmed Abdullah was released on bail on 10 September after spending over four months in detention without…
September 15, 2016
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Good News! – Bangladeshi Journalist Released (Bangladesh: UA 120/16)
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist who was arrested on 16 April, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court.…
September 7, 2016
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Good News Video! – Released After Torture and Disappearance (Egypt: UA 187/16)
Islam Khalil, a 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture, was released on 31 August by the National Security Agency,…
September 7, 2016