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  1. CBSA-Red Cross monitoring contract a rebranded empty gesture says immigration detention watchdog
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    An agreement between Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Canadian Red Cross (CRC), announced last week to much government fanfare, is being described by opponents of Canada’s indefinite immigration detention regime as political spin.
  2. High-school youth to rally outside Ontario prison on Family Day
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    High school aged youth from Peterborough and Toronto are changing the way they celebrate Family Day (February 16th) this year, rallying outside a maximum security prison in Lindsay, Ontario.
  3. Hunger-Striking Friends of Man Who Died in Immigration Custody Speak Out
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    One week after the death of a 39 year old, Abdurahman Ibrahim Hassan at the hands of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), immigrants imprisoned without trial or charges along with their families, and friends are refusing food today inside and out
  4. Immigration detainees re-start hunger fast; hundreds rally outside Lindsay jail
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Immigration detainees at the Centre East Correctional Centre, some of whom who have been indefinitely held for as long as seven years are calling for their release and an end to indefinite detention and maximum security incarceration.
  5. An Interview With Noam Chomsky on Obama's Human Rights Record
    Nothing Can Justify Torture

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    America's human rights record under the administration of President Obama and the military intervention policies that have seen increased use during the Arab Spring.
  6. Jailed immigrants begin historic boycott of Detention Reviews
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Immigration detainees at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Central North Correctional Centre in Penetanguishene and Toronto's Metro West Detention Centre are starting a historical month-long boycott of their detention reviews
  7. Lawyers, Activists Urge Ontario Courts to Step in on Immigration Detention
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    An innovative legal challenge is trying to force the Federal government to justify imprisonment of immigrants in a provincial court for the first time. The End Immigration Detention Network and lawyers for two long-term immigration detainees will
  8. Mahjoub marks 14 years of being jailed without charge in Canada
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    A Toronto father of two and refugee from Egypt, Mohammad Mahjoub is marking 14 years of his detention without charge. Mr. Mahjoub is held under a ‘security certificate’, a highly criticized part of the immigration law that allows the government
  9. Migrant Justice Groups Call for Overhaul of Immigration Detention after Secret Red Cross Report Released
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Migrant justice coalition the End Immigration Detention Network (EIDN) is calling for an end to maximum security imprisonment of immigrants without trial or charges after a secret Red Cross report on deplorable detention conditions became public.
  10. National Day of Action - Petitions with 10,000 signatures delivered to Immigration Enforcement
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    National Day of Action with rallies in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and London. Petitions with 10,000 signatures to be delivered to Immigration Enforcement calling for civilian oversight and end to indefinite detention.
  11. Opposition growing against indefinite immigration detention in Canada
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Canada has no limit on how long migrants can be held pending a deportation. When Canada can't deport migrants because of lack of travel documents or due to the political climate of home countries, these migrants become indefinitely detained.
  12. Outsourcing racism: Bill C-31, Prison Expansion, and the Detention of Immigrants
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, CBSA may arrest and detain a foreign national or permanent resident they deem a threat to public safety, a potential flight risk, unable to substantiate their identity, or a threat to “national security.” Despite the regular invocation of migrants as potentially dangerous and as “criminal,” in reality the overwhelming majority of detainees (94.2%) are held for reasons entirely unrelated to questions of security. Indeed, entire families, including young children, are currently imprisoned in Canadian detention centers.
  13. Secretive contract reveals Ontario and Border Services jointly responsible for detention injustice
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The End Immigration Detention Network is releasing a secretive contract between the Ontario and Federal government which shows joint responsibility for immigration detention violations. Ontario has denied the existence of this agreement
  14. "Shawkan" in very poor health after two years of provisional detention
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Reporters Without Borders calls for Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid's immediate release and the withdrawal of all the charges against him at his next court appearance on 17 August, three days after he will have completed his second year


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