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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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(UA 9/11) Great News! Illinois Abolishes the Death Penalty
On 9 March, Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois signed the bill passed by the state legislature in January to abolish the death…
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(UA 65/11) Iraqi Protesters Released from Detention
Four protesters detained in Baghdad on 7 March were released on 10 March. Amnesty International has not been able to talk to…
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(UA 271/09) Two Iranian Kurdish Men Released on Bail
Two Iranian Kurdish men, arrested while celebrating the postponement of a fellow activist’s execution in December, were…
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(UA 61/11) Twenty Four Protesters Released in Saudi Arabia
Around 24 men who were detained on 3 and 4 March following protests in the city of al-Qatif, Saudi Arabia, were released…
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(UA 31/11) Student Activist Released on Bail in Iran
Student activist Iman Sedighi was released on bail on 10 March 2011 after more than two weeks in detention. He was held in…
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International Arms Trade Treaty
French President Jacques Chirac issued his government’s support for an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) during a speech…
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(UA 232/10) Trade Union Activist Not Forced to Undergo Psych Examination
Trade union activist Andrei Bondarenko was not made to undergo a compulsory psychiatric examination on 13 December 2010, as…
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(UA 130/10) Two Trade Union Activists Released on Bail in Iran
Morteza Komsari and Ali Akbar Nazari, leading members of an independent but unrecognized trade union in Iran, were released…
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Former President Bush Cancels Visit to Switzerland
The trip was canceled after Amnesty International and other groups prepared a dossier on his administration’s use of torture.
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The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act Became Law
In January 2011, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010.
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Release of Uighur brothers from Guantanamo
Two Uighur brothers being held at Guantanamo, Bahtiyar Mahnut and Arkin Mahmud, were resettled in Switzerland.
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Mohammed al-Odaini Released from Guantanamo!
On July 13, 2010 Guantánamo prisoner Mohammed al-Odaini was released from Guantánamo back to his home country of Yemen.