His wife fought for his release, while caring for their child, demonstrating the values of bravery and loyalty.
A Sri Lankan brother who was unlawfully detained and tortured in Qatar was released to his wife and newborn child after a year of abuse. She made the police aware of a legal challenge CAGE supported, where the police admitted it was unlawful for them to force Muslim women to remove their hijab. She courageously refused despite the intimidation and officers had to concede. A sister was stopped under Schedule 7 and was pressured to remove her hijab by officers. They had none and seeing his resistance the officers decided to let him go home. He told the officers to arrest him if they had any reason to. After being stopped under Schedule 7 powers every time he travelled, a man decided to resist the harassment by refusing to engage anymore. He confidently turned them away after they showed up at his home and tried to enter unnecessarily – during a national lockdown and on his first day of work, working from home. A man successfully pushed back against police harassment by reading up on his rights from CAGE. By challenging their schools’ anti free speech policies, they managed to secure apologies and a commitment to do better. We supported over 50 students across the UK who faced a backlash after standing up for Palestine at their schools. Due to his persistence he was able to reunite with his family in time for Eid. He was left in limbo outside the UK for nearly 4 years, separated from his family during that whole period. ’N3′ returned to the UK this year following an arduous legal battle against the Home Office which was found to have unlawfully deprived him of his British nationality. After 15 months of fighting his prolonged and unnecessary detention, including going on a hunger strike, Palestinian activist Dr Issam Bassalat was released on bail and united with his children. Below are a list of 9 acts of courage from our clients in 2021: Amidst these hardships also came a number of great wins for our clients. From cases of torture in the Middle East to police doorstepping people here in the UK and everything in between. However, after a short while, cases began to steadily increase again. 
It was true for the first few weeks as people readjusted to the new reality. We assumed the lockdown may cause a decline in the cases we usually handle.
Closer to home, we were privileged to bear witness to countless acts of courage from our own clients that we supported. As I reflect on the last year, the hardships and uncertainty faced by so many, from setbacks in our health to losses in our community, I’m reminded of the incredible acts of courage that we saw from around the world.
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