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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! Early Release for Prisoner of Conscience (Viet Nam: UA 155.18)
Human rights defender Tran Thi Nga has been unexpectedly released after having served three years in prison. Sentenced to nine…
January 31, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Nafosat Olloshkurova Released (Uzbekistan: UA 139.19)
Uzbekistani blogger and human rights defender Nafosat Olloshkurova was released from a psychiatric institution on 28 December. She was violently…
January 15, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Rio Blanco Land Defenders’ Protection Extended (Honduras: UA 64.19)
Members of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) reviewed and agreed on new protection measures…
January 13, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Prime Minister Rolls Out Plan to Tackle Smog Crisis (Pakistan: UA 153.19)
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan held a press conference on 30 November solely to address the smog crisis that gripped…
January 9, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Activists Arrested for Protesting Released (Guinea: UA 165.19)
Five pro-democracy activists, Alseny Farinta Camara, Moussa Sanoh, Boubacar Diallo, Thierno Seydi Ly and Thierno Oumar Barry, were released on…
January 7, 2020
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Urgent Action Victory! Bill Restricting Abortion Rights Rejected (Slovakia: UA 167.19)
The Slovak Parliament rejected a bill aimed at obstructing access to safe and legal abortion. If adopted, this bill would…
December 12, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Representative’s Trial Started (Venezuela: UA 160.19)
The trial against Juan Requesens, Venezuelan Representative in the National Assembly who has been in pre-trial detention since his arbitrary…
December 6, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Disappeared Qatari Father and Son Released (Saudi Arabia: UA 114.19)
On 1 November 2019, the Saudi authorities released two Qatari citizens, Ali Nasser Ali Jarallah (70) and his son Abdulhadi…
December 2, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Police Protect Transgender Rights March (Ukraine: UA 157.19)
On 23 November, adequate police protection enabled up to one hundred transgender rights activists in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, to hold…
November 26, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! University Lecturer Released (Ethiopia: UA 123.19)
University lecturer Firew Bekele was released on 19 November, after spending three months in detention for his alleged role in…
November 26, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Hajar Raissouni Released (Morocco: UA 121.19)
On 16 October 2019, following a royal pardon, Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé, and the doctor were released from prison after…
November 21, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Execution Halted for Man with Innocence Claims (USA: UA 146.19)
On 15 November, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Rodney Reed and ordered the original trial…
November 20, 2019