A Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) facility under construction in Winnipeg includes a sizable firearms storage room, as well as multiple evidence rooms and interrogation rooms, according to CounterSignal. The outlet, which claims to have received a leaked copy of the architectural plans as drawn up by …
Read More »Djokovic Australian detention saga ‘all about politics’ – father to RT
The victory for Novak Djokovic in a Melbourne court proves his right to be in Australia, the tennis star’s father Srdjan told RT as he reacted to the decision to free the world number one from detention. Djokovic was finally ordered to be released on Monday after a Melbourne Federal …
Read More »Serbian tennis star Djokovic to be released from detention in Australia
Novak Djokovic has won his appeal against deportation after an Australian judge ruled that the tennis star had been detained unfairly upon his arrival in the country last week. Djokovic, 34, had arrived in Melbourne to defend his title at the Australian Open and believed he had been granted a …
Read More »Djokovic briefly released from detention
Novak Djokovic, the Serbian tennis player who was detained in Australia last week for failing to provide evidence of Covid-19 vaccination, has been allowed to briefly leave detention to watch his court hearing. Judge Anthony Kelly gave Novak permission on Sunday to leave the Park Hotel quarantine facility, where he …
Read More »EU condemns Ukraine for detention of opposition leader – media
A top Ukrainian news site has reported that EU officials have called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to release Viktor Medvedchuk, the leader of the country’s largest opposition party. The politician was placed under house arrest earlier this year. Strana, which was banned in the country in February, reported on …
Read More »Send Haitian migrants to GITMO? Report that small detention facility in Guantanamo Bay will house migrants sparks outrage
According to a NBC News report on Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security posted a contract solicitation last week for “at least 50” guards, a tenth of whom should be fluent in “Spanish and Haitian Creole” to be available on a 24-hour notice for work at a detention facility in …
Read More »‘All avenues for his detention were exhausted’: Details leading up to ISIS-inspired knife rampage in New Zealand released
On Saturday, a High Court judge lifted a ban on the attacker’s identity disclosure and his name was made public. The assailant was Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen, born in Sri Lanka. There had been plans to deport him, local media reported, saying that immigration officials have sought to revoke his …
Read More »‘Terrible conditions for the children’: New photos show life in Biden’s border detention facilities
More than 15,000 unaccompanied migrant children are currently in custody at the US’ southern border with Mexico, with more than 5,000 held in temporary Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities deemed“unacceptable and inhumane,” in the words of Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Border crossings almost tripled in February compared to one …
Read More »ICE to allow detainees to appeal arrest if they feel their detention does not ‘align’ with Biden’s immigration policy
Overseen by a senior official in Washington, DC, the ICE Case Review Process is part of the White House’s wide-ranging immigration reforms. In a statement, the agency said that the appeals process could be used by individuals who believe that their case does not “align with ICE’s enforcement, detention, and …
Read More »700+ children remain in detention at US border, 200 for over 48 hours, amid spike in unaccompanied crossings – media
Around 700 minors who crossed into the US on their own were kept in Border Patrol Custody as of Sunday, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing an internal Customs and Border Protection document. By that time, around 200 children had already been held up for over 48 hours, and in the …
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