Act Now: Tell Ontario to #EndDetentions
A growing chorus of voices are calling on Ontario to stop imprisoning migrants without charges or trial. The tide is turning, and a new Minister has been assigned to the issue. If we act now, we can...
View ArticleMedia Coverage after Francisco’s death
Video – CBC News: Vigil to mark two immigration detention deaths in Canada Video – Ricochet: “No migrants in detention!” rally in Toronto Toronto Star: Family ‘utterly in the dark’ about Chilean...
View ArticleWe Remember! We Resist! April 22 Action & Reportback from March
April 22, 2016 1:30pm Federal Liberal HQ (10 St Mary Street – Yonge & Charles) Join us on Friday, April 22 at 1:30pm at 10 St Mary Street (Yonge & Charles) for a demonstration of rage, music,...
View ArticleAct Now: Immigration Detainees on Hunger Strike in Ontario
Massive news!! Over 50 immigration detainees began to refuse food this morning at the maximum security Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, and the Toronto East Detention Centre in Scarborough...
View Article#MigrantStrike Day 2 – More detainees join strike, Goodale brushes them off,...
Immigration detainees jailed at two maximum security prisons are continuing to hunger strike to demand an end to indefinite detentions in maximum security prisons. The hunger striking detainees, who...
View ArticleImmigration Detainees on Hunger Strike
Almost 60 Black and Brown immigrants in two maximum security prisons in Ontario began refusing food on the morning of Monday, July 11th. Their demands are simple: they don’t want to be jailed...
View Article#MigrantStrike Day 3: My name is Patrick and I’m calling from the Lindsay...
My name is Patrick and I’m calling from the Lindsay institution. We are going on hunger strike at this moment right now. We are in this together, we gotta make this happen cause we’re really really...
View ArticleJuly #MigrantStrike Media
Media Contacts: Tings Chak, 416-276-2174, End Immigration Detention Network Media Advisories July 15: No answers in mysterious death of immigration detainee increases calls for end to detentions July...
View Article#ColonialismNoMore supports #MigrantStrike
In a powerful act of solidarity with day 4 of migrant detainee hunger strike, Colonialism No More – Solidarity Camp Regina (Treaty 4 territory) picketed outside Ralph’s constituency office today in...
View ArticleNo justice for Abdurrahman, who died mysteriously in immigration detention
share on facebook | share on twitter As over 60 immigration detainees in two maximum security prisons enter Day 5 of their hunger strike, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has decided after a 12...
View ArticlePeterborough: Migrant Strike Rally In solidarity with hunger-striking detainees!
This Monday July 18 at noon in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, SKIP LUNCH AND RALLY INSTEAD in solidarity with HUNGER-STRIKING immigration detainees jailed in nearby Lindsay, Ontario. *** Since Monday, July...
View ArticleToronto: Emergency Action with Hunger Striking Migrants
Around 50 immigration detainees have been hunger striking since July 11th to call for an end to their maximum security indefinite immigration detention. They have requested a meeting with Minister...
View Article#MigrantStrike – Week 1 Reportback
CALL / EMAIL / TWEET at MINISTER RALPH GOODALE Ask him to meet the detainees. 613-947-1153 / @RalphGoodale / ralph.goodale@parl.gc.ca SIGN THIS PETITION:...
View ArticleSIU releases graphic and dehumanizing report of Abdurahman’s last breath
Trigger warning for descriptions of police and medical abuse. At 6:20pm, last Friday evening, the Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) released its decision to not charge police officers for...
View Article#Migrant Strike Week 2 – Detainees running out of time, CBSA trying to break...
Today, immigration detainees in two prisons in Ontario are beginning the third week of their hunger strike. The last few days have been extremely hard on hunger-striking detainees, please read below to...
View ArticleGraduate Geographers and Planners of University of Toronto in Solidarity with...
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View ArticleMedia Release: Ontario Court asks Border Enforcement to explain Indefinite...
MEDIA RELEASE END IMMIGRATION DETENTION NETWORK http://www.endimmigrationdetention.com Media Contact: Syed Hussan, 416-453-3632 Ontario Court asks Border Enforcement to explain Indefinite Detention...
View ArticleImmigration Detentions watchdog concerned about possible strong-arming of...
Toronto, August 30, 2016 — The End Immigration Detention Network is raising concerns about the suspicious and sudden promise of travel documents in the midst of Mr Alvin Brown’s fight to be released...
View ArticleHunger strike forces announcement on detentions – the struggle continues.
On August 15, the Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale pitched a new national immigration detention strategy. Before we share our analysis of this announcement, let us first discuss the context...
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