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An Interview With Noam Chomsky on Obama's Human Rights Record: Nothing Can Justify Torture
Bailey, Eric
Article
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.
Outsourcing racism: Bill C-31, Prison Expansion, and the Detention of Immigrants
Darwish, Amy; Latham, Graham
Article
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 substantia...

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High-school youth to rally outside Ontario prison on Family Day
Sources News Release
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.
Hunger-Striking Friends of Man Who Died in Immigration Custody Speak Out
Sources News Release
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...
Immigration detainees re-start hunger fast; hundreds rally outside Lindsay jail
Sources News Release
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 a...
Jailed immigrants begin historic boycott of Detention Reviews
Sources News Release
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...
Lawyers, Activists Urge Ontario Courts to Step in on Immigration Detention
Sources News Release
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 lawyer...
Migrant Justice Groups Call for Overhaul of Immigration Detention after Secret Red Cross Report Released
Sources News Release
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...
National Day of Action - Petitions with 10,000 signatures delivered to Immigration Enforcement
Sources News Release
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 in...
Opposition growing against indefinite immigration detention in Canada
Sources News Release
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, the...
Secretive contract reveals Ontario and Border Services jointly responsible for detention injustice
Sources News Release
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 de...