ICE's new acting director, a former GEO Group executive, began his role this week. GEO Group, a prison contractor, has benefited financially from increased immigrant detentions under the Trump administration.
Amjad Ayub Mirza, a PoK rights activist, urged PM Modi to intervene against alleged rights violations and repression of activists in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, citing arrests and a planned crackdown ahead of a strike.
EU countries may soon vote on sanctions against Israeli politicians accused of mistreating activists detained during a flotilla attempt to reach Gaza. The proposal, which requires unanimous consent, faces opposition from the Czech Republic.
UK Justice Secretary David Lammy plans to reduce child custody by 25% through reforms and community sentences
Panama’s foreign minister has called on a group of opposition lawmakers visiting China to deliver a firm message defending the country’s sovereignty, as tensions over a wave of detentions of Panamanian-flagged vessels show no signs of easing. Javier Martinez-Acha Vasquez said on Monday that the lawmakers should relay a clear message to their Chinese counterparts on Panama’s behalf. “I can only suggest that you convey that Panama respects China, but Panama first respects the Constitution of our...
Nigel Farage’s party proposed to place detention centres in places that vote for Green council leaders or MPsCommenting on the Reform UK detention centres plan (see 10.48am) on Bluesky, Sunder Katwala, head of the British Future thinktank, says it is not just potentially illegal, but also illogical in its own terms.There is rather inadvertent warped logic that a rival party said to favour “open borders” would mean ‘support detention centre’While the party favouring mass deportations at unprecedented scale means ‘oppose detention centre’ anywhere nearbyThese statements could have unwelcome legal consequences for a hypothetical Reform government - which may need to show that decisions which happen to match this pattern were chosen for other legitimate policy reasons, not as partisan political punishment/rewardA hypothetical future government with a thumping majority could have the powers to repeal any treaties, conventions or laws which may constrain this.A hypothetical minority government could find itself impeded by these kinds of public statements about the motive for locating detention facilitiesA more logical version of this school sixth form debating society policy might have the opposite design* Mass Detention in Reform-voting areas proud to vote for deportations + detentionsReform have launched a website with this “incentive” to voters in an effort to generate profile & controversy in election weekA Reform government will not put any migrant detention facilities in any constituency with a Reform MP.Nor will we put them where Reform controls the council.Reform keep making abhorrent announcements to distract voters from they fact they want to privatise the NHS. Greens are focused on building council housing, fixing our public services and bringing down the cost of living.This grotesque policy reveals Reform’s contempt for all voters – including their own. Threatening to punish places where people don’t vote your way is a betrayal of basic democratic principles. Nigel Farage has sunk to a new low: he is clearly more interested in stoking division and anger than in serving the whole country.We need to stop illegal immigration, but this is abhorrent from Reform.Zia is proposing the siting of detention centres expressly as a form of political punishment for people and places that don’t vote Reform – not just Green, but presumably Conservative, Liberal and Labour too. (And what about Reform voters in those constituencies?) Continue reading...
Iran's judiciary has confirmed the execution of Sassan Azadvar Joonqani, a 21-year-old karate athlete from Isfahan, at Dastgerd Prison. He was convicted of moharebeh (enmity against God) for allegedly attacking security forces with stones during January protests. The UN reports at least 21 executions and 4,000 arrests since late February, with human rights groups alleging torture to extract confessions and serious legal ambiguities in the case.
Just weeks after the CLP government insisted the Northern Territory's watch house crisis was over, the NT's Aboriginal justice agency has accused it of renaming parts of a Darwin watch house to conceal that people are still being held there long term.
West Bengal's final phase of assembly polls in 142 constituencies across seven districts proceeds under unprecedented security - over 2.3 lakh CAPF personnel, 38,000 state police, and extensive arrests. Kolkata sees highest deployment with 274 companies (22,500 personnel) securing 5,172 booths. Over 800 arrests were made Monday night alone, with 2,348 alleged troublemakers jailed under EC directives in 72 hours. Nearly 12,000 of 41,001 booths are classified as critical.
