On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) responded to the Biden administration claiming that they have to release migrants into the U.S. due to a lack of capacity by pointing Source
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FL AG Moody: Biden Says He Has to Release Migrants After Asking to Cut Detention Capacity


Russia Upholds Detention Of WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich


Jailed American journalist Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Moscow court to appeal his detention on spying charges. Source
‘Extreme violence’ triggers hunger strike at Greek detention centre


Strikers accuse authorities of denying inmates adequate food, hot water and medicine, while housing them in filthy cells infested with cockroaches. Source
Tunisia politicians enter hunger strike in response to poor detention conditions


Tunisian politicians arrested in the "conspiracy against state security" case announced they had entered a hunger strike in response to the "poor conditions of detention." Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, a member of the National Salvation Front (NSFT), announced that he had entered into a severe hunger strike after the prison administration deliberately abused him inside prison… […]
US Sanctions Russian Officials Over Dissident’s Detention


WASHINGTON—The United Stats has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on five Russian officials and an expert witness involved in the incarceration of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition leader who has been imprisoned in Moscow since April for speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He faces more than 30 years in prison. Treasury sanctioned Elena […]
Romanian court to hear ‘misogynist influencer’ Andrew Tate detention appeal


Tate and his brother are facing charges of human trafficking and rape for their alleged role in exploiting women as part of their online business. Source
White House Marks Paul Whelan Detention Anniversary, Slams Russia’s ‘Deplorable Treatment’


Whelan has been wrongfully detained in Russia for four years. Source
Permanent imprisonment through recycled detention orders runs contrary to justice in Egypt


Rasha Mohye El-Din is a teacher in her thirties who lives in the city of Kafr El-Sheikh in the extreme northern corner of Egypt. On the morning of 7 October, 2020, she received a phone call from a lawyer informing her that her brother Mahmoud had reappeared thirty days after vanishing, commonly referred to in […]
International groups denounce detention of Palestinian theater leader Bilal Al-Saadi


In its crackdown on Palestinian civil society, Israel last month arrested Bilal Al-Saadi, the chairman of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, at a checkpoint in the occupied territories as he was reportedly returning from a meeting with the Palestinian cultural minister in Ramallah. Al-Saadi was later sentenced to six months of detention on undisclosed charges. The cultural […]
By detention and drone: Palestine Action shuts down Elbit


Palestine Action, as ever, has been very busy in the past month. Before, during and after Israel’s “preemptive” bombardment of the Gaza strip on August 6, 2022, which killed 49 Palestinians, including 17 children, we’ve been keeping up relentless resistance against Israel’s arm trade in the UK. As the bombardment was going on, four activists […]
By detention and drone: Palestine Action shuts down Elbit


Palestine Action, as ever, has been very busy in the past month. Before, during and after Israel’s “preemptive” bombardment of the Gaza strip on August 6, 2022, which killed 49 Palestinians, including 17 children, we’ve been keeping up relentless resistance against Israel’s arm trade in the UK. As the bombardment was going on, four activists […]
By detention and drone: Palestine Action shuts down Elbit


Palestine Action, as ever, has been very busy in the past month. Before, during and after Israel’s “preemptive” bombardment of the Gaza strip on August 6, 2022, which killed 49 Palestinians, including 17 children, we’ve been keeping up relentless resistance against Israel’s arm trade in the UK. As the bombardment was going on, four activists […]
By detention and drone: Palestine Action shuts down Elbit


Palestine Action, as ever, has been very busy in the past month. Before, during and after Israel’s “preemptive” bombardment of the Gaza strip on August 6, 2022, which killed 49 Palestinians, including 17 children, we’ve been keeping up relentless resistance against Israel’s arm trade in the UK. As the bombardment was going on, four activists […]
By detention and drone: Palestine Action shuts down Elbit


Palestine Action, as ever, has been very busy in the past month. Before, during and after Israel’s “preemptive” bombardment of the Gaza strip on August 6, 2022, which killed 49 Palestinians, including 17 children, we’ve been keeping up relentless resistance against Israel’s arm trade in the UK. As the bombardment was going on, four activists […]
Iran woman dies after detention by moral police – reports


A young Iranian woman has died after falling into a coma following her detention by morality police enforcing Iran’s strict hijab rules, her uncle was quoted as saying on Friday, in a case that has sparked protest by Iranians on social media, Reuters reports. The Interior Ministry and Tehran’s Prosecutor launched probes into the case […]
Iran woman dies after detention by moral police – reports


A young Iranian woman has died after falling into a coma following her detention by morality police enforcing Iran’s strict hijab rules, her uncle was quoted as saying on Friday, in a case that has sparked protest by Iranians on social media, Reuters reports. The Interior Ministry and Tehran’s Prosecutor launched probes into the case […]
Israel renews detention of human rights defender held without charge


Israel has renewed the administrative detention of human rights defender Salah Hammouri, who has been held in prison since March. The renewal of the detention order for another three months was announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday, one day before Hammouri’s expected release. His new detention order will now be scheduled to end on […]
Israeli court renews detention of senior resistance official and hunger striker


Israel’s continued detention of Bassam al-Saadi and Khalil Awawdeh is part of its larger campaign to quell Palestinian resistance in recent months. Source
DHS Preps for Title 42 End with Migrant Detention Center Construction


EAGLE PASS, Texas — The Department of Homeland Security began construction of a soft-sided migrant detention facility in a remote part of Maverick County. This marks the first project of its kind as part of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ Southwest Border Mass Irregular Migration plan. The facility is expected to be operational before June.
Saudi’s Mohammed Bin Nayef Tortured upon Detention in 2020, NYT Reveals


January 11, 2022
Detention centre in Lithuania opened after inmate won compensation


Lithuania has opened up a former riding club on the outskirts of its capital Vilnius to the media which was once used by the CIA as a rendition facility. It came after the Justice Ministry paid compensation to Abu Zubaydah, who, according to human rights groups, was tortured whilst being interrogated by the CIA in […]
Palestinian prisoners enter 40th year in Israel detention


The two longest-serving Palestinian freedom fighters incarcerated in Israel have entered their 40th and last year behind bars, Palestinian Wafa news agency reported citing the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) yesterday. According to PPS, Karim Younis, 63, and his cousin, Maher Younis, 64, both from the Arab-Israeli town of Ara in northern Israel, were detained on 6 January […]
Israel renews administrative detention against Palestinian MP from Jerusalem


Military Court of Israeli occupation renewed, on Wednesday, administrative detention against Palestinian MP from Jerusalem, Mohammad Abu Teir, 71, Prisoners Media Office said in a statement. According to the statement, this is the second six-month administrative detention renewed against Abu Teir, who spent a total of 36 years inside Israeli jails. In 2010, the Israeli […]
Libya orders pre-trial detention of cultural minister


The Libyan Public Prosecutor Al-Siddiq Al-Sour on Wednesday ordered the detention of the Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development Mabroukah Toughi on charges of financial corruption. According to a statement issued by the Attorney General’s office, the Public Prosecution issued the order after identifying instances where she was “obtaining benefits by violating the laws and regulations of […]
New York Assembly To Introduce a Bill That Calls for Indefinite Detention of Unvaccinated at Governor’s Whim


In the next legislative session beginning January 5th, 2022, the New York Senate and Assembly could vote on a bill that would grant permissions to remove and detain cases, contacts, carriers, or anyone suspected of presenting a “significant threat to public health” and remove them from public life on an indefinite basis. Bill A416 presents a […]
New York Legislation Provides for Indefinite Detention of Unvaccinated at Governor’s Whim.


by Kay Smythe December 18, 2021 In the next legislative session beginning January 5th, 2022, the New York Senate and Assembly could vote on a bill that would grant permissions to remove and detain cases, contacts, carriers, or anyone suspected of presenting a “significant threat to public health” and remove them from public life on […]
Countries must repatriate 27,000 children from Syria detention camp, Amnesty urges


The human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has called on states to repatriate 27,000 of their child nationals from the Al-Hol camp in north-east Syria, where the children of foreign nationals who went to fight for Daesh are currently being held. In a report released by the organisation today, its Syria researcher, Diana Semaan, stated that […]
Turkey Threatens to Expel U.S. Ambassador for Condemning Detention of Activist


President Erdogan Set to Oust 10 Western Envoys Calling for Justice in Kavala Case 10/25/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for the expulsion of 10 Western envoys, including the U.S. ambassador, from Turkey. The envoys represent countries that have made public […]
Libyan guards ‘shoot six migrants dead’ at Tripoli detention centre


Libyan guards shot dead six African migrants in a detention centre in Tripoli on Friday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, denouncing “terrible” living conditions in the overcrowded place. The shooting took place in the Al-Mabani detention centre where some 3,000 migrants are being held, IOM official Federico Soda told AFP. “Six migrants in […]