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Angola
Tiktoker released after pressure from Amnesty's global campaign
Neth Nahara, a mother of two young children, was jailed for criticizing Angola’s president on TikTok. She was tried, convicted, and sentenced to six months in prison – later increased to two years. Nahara was released from prison on January 1, 2025, after pressure from the Write for Rights campaign.
"I want to say thank you to Amnesty International for everything you did for me… and for everyone who demanded my freedom. Right now, I am in my house, with my kids, and speaking to my husband and everybody. I want to say thank you.”
USA
Rocky Myers death sentence commuted
Rocky Myers, a Black man with an intellectual disability, was on death row since 1994 despite flawed legal proceedings and no evidence directly linking him to the crime for which he was convicted. Amnesty International has long advocated for Rocky Myers, and he was part of the organization’s Write for Rights campaign in 2023, in which hundreds of thousands of people from around the world signed a petition asking Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to commute his death sentence. After over 30 years on death row, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has commuted Rocky Myers’ death sentence.
USA
Native American activist and member of AIM life sentence commuted
Leonard Peltier, Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), was convicted in relation to the killing of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. He has always maintained his innocence.
On January 20, 2025, in the final hour of his presidency, former President Biden announced that he was commuting the life sentence of Native American elder and activist Leonard Peltier to home confinement.
“Leonard Peltier’s release is the right thing to do given the serious and ongoing human rights concerns about the fairness of his trial, his nearly 50 years behind bars, his health and his age. While we welcome his release from prison, he should not be restricted to home confinement.”
Paul O’Brien, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA
Afghanistan
Filmmaker Sayed Rahim Saidi freed
In July 2025, filmmaker Sayed Rahim Saidi was released in Afghanistan after 11 months in jail. Sayed, who worked for over two decades with Afghanistan National TV, had been detained along with his son in 2024 by the Taliban. His son was soon released, but Sayed was accused of spreading propaganda against the Taliban, a charge based on his past films, as well as a film he was planning to make about the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education. Amnesty International issued an Urgent Action appeal following Sayed’s detention and raised the profile of his case around the world.
USA
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil freed from US immigration detention
There was good news on June 20, 2025 when Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was finally freed from US immigration detention on the orders of a federal judge.
A lawful US permanent resident and recent graduate of Columbia University in New York, Mahmoud was arrested on March 8 at the student housing building where he lived. The immigration officials who took him into custody threatened to detain his wife, Noor Abdalla, a US citizen. At the time of Mahmoud’s detention, Noor was expecting their first child, who was born just a few weeks later.
“Your messages have kept me going. Still the fight is far from over, the genocide is still happening in Gaza, Israel is still waging a full war against Palestine. The U.S. government is funding this genocide, and Columbia University is investing in this genocide. This is why I was protesting, this is why I will continue protesting with every one of you, not only if they threaten me with detention. Even if they would kill me, I would still speak up for Gaza.”
Türkiye
Former Chair of Amnesty International’s Türkiye section has been acquitted
Taner Kılıç, a refugee rights lawyer and former Chair of Amnesty International’s Türkiye section, has finally been acquitted after nearly eight years of judicial proceedings.
Arrested in June 2017, he was unjustly convicted in 2020 despite no credible evidence. Taner faced more than six years in prison for “membership of a terrorist organization”. Amnesty provided relief support to him and his family as they endured the ordeal of his imprisonment.
"This nightmare that has gone on for almost eight years is finally over. The only thing I was sure of throughout this process was that I was right and innocent, and the support from all over the world gave me strength. I thank each and every one who stood up for me!”
Kyrgyzstan
Human Rights Defender acquitted after facing 15 years for peacefully protesting
Rita Karasartova, a human rights defender in Kyrgyzstan, was arrested in 2022 for peacefully protesting a controversial border agreement with Uzbekistan that endangered local access to fresh water. She faced up to 15 years in prison on charges of “attempting to overthrow the government.” Thanks to the global Write for Rights campaign, which mobilized thousands of supporters calling for her freedom, Rita was acquitted and released, crediting the campaign’s solidarity for helping secure her justice and hope.
“[The] petitions, signatures, and the huge number of letters that went to the court and the prosecutor’s office were all very powerful. They empowered us all. Every time I opened the envelopes and read the letters, I realized how powerful solidarity was.”
