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Great News! Pro-reform activist Georges Moubayed was released at the end of January 2012.
Georges Moubayed, a jeweller aged 62, was abducted after leaving his house in the Jaramana district of the Syrian capital Damascus on 10 January 2012. It was not known where…
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Great News! Professor Mohamed Zain Al-Abideen was released without charge on 4 March after being held for 15 days.
Mohamed Zain Al-Abideen, the Dean of the College of Higher Education at the University of Al Zaiem Al Azhari in Omdurman, was arrested on 20 February by National Intelligence and…
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Great News! Kuwaiti Teenager Held in Bahrain Released.
Kuwaiti teenager Ali Feifel Sahad al-Ali was released on 14 March 2012, after he was sentenced to one month in prison. He returned to Kuwait with his family the same…
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Great News! Sudanese Activist Released Without Charge
The six members of the student-led movement Girifna who were arrested on 25 January have been released from Kober prison in Khartoum, Sudan. Some of the relatives of the students…
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Great News! Forced Eviction Halted
The planned demolition of the Railway Quarter in Port Harcourt was halted by the state authorities after pressure from the community, local NGOs and Amnesty International.
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Great News! Naser Bader al-Raas found not guilty
A Canadian sentenced last October in Bahrain to five years in prison for taking part in anti-government protests has now been found not guilty on appeal.
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Great News! 14 Manama protestors released
On 14 February 2012 a judge ordered the release of 14 people who had been serving six-month sentences for taking part in an "illegal gathering" among other charges.
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Great News! Woman Activist Released in Bahrain
Zainab al-Khawaja was released on 20 February after having been arrested on 12 February for participating in a protest. She was charged with "illegal gathering".
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Great News! Syrian Activist Released From Detention
Syrian man Ahmed Andora was released on 27 January 2012 after almost four months in detention.
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Great News! Activist Released in Burundi
Faustin Ndikumana, President of the Burundian organization Words and Action for the Awakening of Conscience and the Evolution of Mindsets (PARCEM), was released on 21 February, after two weeks in…