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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! Asylum-Seekers Allowed to Disembark (Malta: UA 87.20)
Maltese authorities finally allowed the disembarkment of all asylum-seekers held on four ferry boats off Malta’s territorial waters in the…
June 9, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Two Bahrainis Released After 8 Years in Jail (Bahrain: UA 236.12)
On 23 May 2020, Ebrahim Ahmed Radi al-Moqdad was released from Jaw prison. His co-defendant in the case, Jehad Sadeq…
May 28, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Journalist Awaits Dismissal of Arbitrary Charges (Venezuela: UA 37.20)
Darvinson Rojas is a Venezuelan journalist and prisoner of conscience. He was arbitrarily detained for reporting on COVID-19 and conditionally…
May 26, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Supporters of Former Child Soldier Released Early (Myanmar: UA 30.20)
Nay Zar Tun, Khin Cho Naing, and Myint Zaw have been released from prison early due to sentence reductions. Sentenced…
May 6, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Russian Jehovah’s Witness Released (Belarus: UA 47.20)
On 7 April the Prosecutor General’s office in Belarus denied Russia’s request to extradite Jehovah’s Witness Nikolai Makhalichev. Nikolai Makhalichev…
April 8, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Journalist Given Suspended Sentence (Niger: UA 32.20)
On 26 March, journalist Mamane Kaka Touda was released after being detained for three weeks in Niamey Prison, Niger, for…
March 31, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Transgender Activist Released (Egypt: UA 43.19)
On 15 July 2019, State Security Prosecution ordered the release of 19-year-old transgender woman human rights defender Malak al-Kashef after…
March 27, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Musician Released on Probation (Egypt: UA 27.19)
On 13 May 2019, 33-year-old musician Rami Sidky was released on probation after 374 days of pre-trial detention. Rami was…
March 27, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! 16 Activists Released; 61 People Remain in Prison (Nicaragua: UA 82.19)
Activists known as “Aguadores” were released on 30 December but still face charges. Their trial was scheduled for 30 January…
March 24, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Yulia Tsvetkova Released from House Arrest (Russian Federation: UA 6.20)
The Komsomolsk-on-Amur District Court ruled to release women rights and LGBT rights activist Yulia Tsvetkova from house arrest on 16…
March 20, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Activist Released on Bail (Senegal: UA 171.19)
Senegalese activist Guy Marius Sagna was released on bail on 3 March, three months after he was first detained and…
March 19, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Human Rights Defender Released (Equatorial Guinea: UA 15.19)
On 14 February 2020, Joaquín Elo Ayeto was released from Black Beach Prison in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, where he had…
February 20, 2020