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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! Court Lifts Ban on Anti-War Protesters (Turkey: UA 66.18)
A Turkish court has lifted travel bans on 30 students facing terrorism-related charges for taking part in a peaceful protest…
December 17, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! Activist Released on Bail After Months in Detention (Bangladesh: UA 146.18)
Shahidul Alam, photographer and outspoken social activist, has been freed on permanent bail after spending more than 100 days behind…
November 29, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! President Pardons Two Men Sentenced to Death (South Sudan: UA 240.17)
James Gatdet and William Endley received a presidential pardon on 31 October 2018. The president also ordered the immediate deportation…
November 6, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory: Palestinian NGO Worker Released (Israel/OPT: UA 226.17)
On 30 September, Salah Hammouri, French-Palestinian lawyer and NGO worker, was released from Ketziot prison in southern Israel. He had…
October 25, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! Indigenous Community Granted Protection (Paraguay: UA 149.18)
Paraguayan authorities have called for an impartial and independent investigation into the attacks against Tekoha Sauce Indigenous leader Amada MartÃnez,…
October 24, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory!: Online Activist Released Without Charge (South Sudan: UA 158.18)
Activist Ahmed Al-Dai Bushara Joudah was released without charge from Kober prison on 18 September. He had spent sixty-four days…
October 12, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Lawyer at Risk Granted Protection Measures (Chile: UA 134.18)
Chilean human rights defender and lawyer Karina Riquelme is no longer considered under imminent threat. The Supreme Court of Justice…
October 3, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Dalit Rights Activist Released (India: UA 248.17)
Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, a prominent Dalit rights activist, has been released from Saharanpur District Prison on 14 September. He was…
September 19, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Tajikistani Prisoner of Conscience Released (Tajikistan: UA 139.18)
On 22 August, independent journalist and prisoner of conscience Khairullo (Khayrullo) Mirsaidov received a non-custodial sentence and was released in…
September 18, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – All 14 Charges Against Political Activist Dropped (Malaysia: UA 238.15)
Khalid Mohd Ismath, former prisoner of conscience, has had all charges against him dropped. Arrested on 13 October 2015 and…
September 17, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Palestinian NGO Worker Released (Israel/OPT: UA 72.18)
On 17 July, Abdul Razeq Farraj, Finance and Administration Director at the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), a development…
August 16, 2018
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Urgent Action Victory! – Court Overturns Conviction of Three Youth (Angola: UA 115.18)
Afonso S. Muatchipuculo (22), António J. Fernando (18) and Justino H. Valente (21) were released on 17 July. The three…
August 13, 2018