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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! Mexican Congress Approved Security Reform (Mexico: UA 212.18)
On 28 February, Mexican Congress approved a controversial Constitutional amendment to introduce a “National Guard” in Mexico. The bill originally…
March 11, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Death Sentences Commuted to Life Imprisonment (Egypt: UA 91.16)
On 26 February 2019, Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on the two death sentences of…
March 7, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Poet Acquitted and Released (Somaliland: UA 17.19)
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, was released on 25 February. He had been arrested and detained on 12…
March 7, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Palestinian Lawmaker Released (Israel/OPT: UA 187.17)
On 28 February 2019, Palestinian lawmaker and prominent political figure Khalida Jarrar was released from HaSharon prison in central Israel.…
March 7, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Opposition Activist Relased (Tajikistan: UA 25.19)
Opposition leader Sharofiddin Gadoev returned safely to the Netherlands on 2 March. He had been held by the Tajik authorities…
March 6, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! New Charges Dropped (Azerbaijan: UA 168.12)
Azerbaijani prominent blogger Mehman Huseynov was released on 2 March following two years of unjust imprisonment on trumped-up charges.
March 6, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Jordanian Journalist Released (United Arab Emirates: UA 112.16)
On 12 February 2019, Jordanian journalist and poet, Tayseer Salman al-Najjar was released from al-Wathba prison in Abu Dhabi, the…
February 21, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Released Bahraini Refugee Returns to Australia (Thailand: UA 206.18)
On 11 February 2019, Hakeem Ali al-Araibi was released from Bangkok’s remand prison after the Bahraini authorities dropped their extradition…
February 20, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Anti-Slavery Activists Released (Mauritania: UA 164.18)
Two anti-slavery activists Biram Dah Abeid and Abdellahi el Housein Mesoud were released from Nouakchott civil Prison on 31 December…
January 23, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! Queer Artist Accepts Agreement to Avoid Prison (Paraguay: UA 110.18)
Bruno Almada Comas, a young queer artist, was accused of “acts of exhibitionism” and risked prison, based on a performance…
January 9, 2019
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Urgent Action Victory! 200 Families No Longer at Risk of Forced Eviction (Paraguay: UA 137.18)
Families from the Guahory Community, Eastern Paraguay, are no longer at imminent threat of forced eviction. The implementation of the…
December 19, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! Syrian Refugee Granted Asylum in Canada (Malaysia: UA 180.18)
Hassan al-Kontar has been granted asylum and arrived in Canada on 26 November 2018 after having been stranded in Kuala…
December 18, 2018