Good News
Amnesty International welcomes the release of prisoner of conscience Raúl Hernández
Amnesty International (AI) welcomes the release of prisoner of conscience Raúl Hernández who was imprisoned for more than 2 years in Guerrero state on fabricated criminal charges. After his acquittal by a Guerrero state court judge on 27 August 2010, the organization is calling for an investigation into his unfounded prosecution and for him to be fully compensated for his unfair imprisonment.
Wife of stoning lawyer released
Fereshteh Halimi, the wife of human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, was released on 7 August. Her brother and father, both of whom had been arrested, had been released by 3 August. They were arrested to pressure Mohammad Mostafaei to turn himself in; he has now left Iran for Norway.
Teacher held without charge finally released in Occupied Palestinian Territories
West Bank secondary-school teacher Khaled Hussein ‘Abd al-Karim Jaradat was released last month, after serving more than two years in prison without charge or trial.
Egyptian activist goes free
Amnesty International Ireland has welcomed the release of an Egyptian Bedouin blogger and human rights defender who has spent almost three years in prison.
Zimbabwe diamond fields activist released on bail
Amnesty International welcomes the release on bail of a Zimbabwean activist detained for five weeks after he exposed human rights violations in the country's Marange diamond fields.
Victory for gay rights in Lithuania
Despite last minute attempts to stop Lithuania’s first LGBT Pride parade human rights activists from all around Europe made sure it went ahead.
Mongolia suspends executions
Every year more and more countries move towards abolishing the death penalty. Already this year the Mongolian Government has taken a step forward.
Hamdi al-Ta’mari goes free
After being imprisoned without trial for nearly a year a wave of cards and letters from Amnesty International members sets a 17-year-old boy free.
Good News for Urgent Action Action recipient, Jamil el-Banna
AI Index: EUR 45/015/2007
7 August 2007
Further information on UA 196/07
Good News: Murat Kurnaz has been released from Guantánamo!
“Thank God, I am well, but just God that created us knows when I will come back”
Murat Kurnaz wrote these words to his family from Guantánamo in March 2002. His dreams of returning home to Germany have only now, finally, been realised.
Released from Guantánamo on 24 August 2006, Murat Kurnaz had been held for four years and eight months without charge or trial. The only contact he had been allowed with his family was through heavily censored letters.
