After months of writing stories and promoting their case on Twitter, international condemnation of their arrest and imprisonment began to flow from governments and prominent human rights leaders, alongside hundreds of thousands of online supporters. 
Baada miezi kadhaa kupita huku tukienaandika simulizi zilizowalenga kukuza kesi ya waandishi hao waliokuwa wamekamatwa kupitia mtandao waTwitter, hukumu ya kimataifa kufuatia kutekamatwa kwa waandishi hawa na mkakati wa kuachiwa ulianza kufuata mkondo kutoka serikalini huku viongozi maarufu wa haki za binadamu wakisaidizana na maelfu ya watu waliotoa ushirikiano kwenye mtandao.