Covid: Germany to hold people who refuse to quarantine in detention centres

Germans who refuse to quarantine after being exposed to Covid will be held in detention centres under new rules prepared by regional authorities. The eastern state of Saxony has confirmed plans to hold quarantine-flouters in a fenced-off section of a refugee camp set to be build next week. The regional state claimed that the facility … Read more

Coronavirus China: Wuhan whistleblower ‘kept in restraints and fed by tube in detention’

A Chinese citizen journalist who was arrested after reporting about the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan is kept in restraints 24 hours a day and force-fed by tube after going on a hunger strike in prison, her lawyer has claimed.  Zhang Zhan, who criticised Wuhan government’s handling of the crisis, is facing up to five years … Read more

Asylum seekers’ taxi rides to hotels and detention centres are costing the taxpayer millions

Revealed: Asylum seekers’ taxi rides to hotels and detention centres are costing the taxpayer millions Asylum seekers are being driven in taxis from airports to hotels or interviews Clearsprings Ready Homes is awarded £1.1billion Home Office contract over 10 years  The private company houses migrants in south of England and Wales It has paid one … Read more

‘Jesus of Siberia’ held for two months in pre-trial detention accused of ‘psychological violence’

A cult leader who claims he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ has been detained for two months in pretrial custody by a Russian court. Former traffic policeman Sergei Torop, 59, known as Vissarion, is suspected of using physical and psychological violence against a number of followers. Two other leaders of his Church of the … Read more

British schoolgirl who joined ISIS with her twin sister moved to high-security Syrian detention camp

A young woman who fled Manchester to join Islamic State with her twin sister has been moved to a high-security Syrian detention camp with her young son. Twin sisters Salma and Zahra Halane fled their home in Chorlton when they were 16 years old to travel to Syria in June 2014. They were described as academically … Read more

Cops declare Seattle protest a riot as youth detention center goes up in flames

A Black Lives Matter protester has been shot dead during a march in Austin as a youth detention center and police precinct have been torched in Seattle and demonstrators gather again in Portland amid stand-offs with Donald Trump’s federal agents.  One protester was shot and killed when gunshots were fired during a protest in downtown … Read more

Yvonne Strahovski is held in a migrant detention center as she stars in Cate Blanchett’s Stateless

She is an Oscar winning actress and now Cate Blanchett is adding series creator to her list of accomplishments.  Stateless is streaming on Netflix July 8, and the Blue Jasmine actress stars and executive produces the series.   Blanchette takes a minor role in the series, originally airing on ABC in Australia, that focus on The … Read more

New York ICE officials accused of rigging algorithms to detain immigrants in detention centers 

WHAT IS ASYLUM?   Asylum is a protection and status granted to foreign nationals who fit the criteria of a refugee as defined by international law. Once granted, asylum status allows that person to live and work in this country and apply for a green card after one year of residence. HOW DO YOU GET ASYLUM?  … Read more

Protesters clash with police for a second day at site of planned migrant detention camp

Riot police on the Greek island of Lesbos today fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters against the creation of a new detention centre for migrants as the latest outburst of unrest entered a second day.  The Athens government infuriated residents of five Aegean islands – all straddling a key route to Europe used … Read more

Properties of 4 GRP personnel attached for ‘wrongful detention’

By: Express News Service | Lucknow | Published: February 18, 2020 4:41:19 am Police have also obtained an order for attaching properties of other two GRP personnel, including then station officer of Chandausi GRP Police Station Mohammad Feroz Khan. (Representational image) Properties of two Government Railway Police (GRP) constables have been attached for allegedly robbing … Read more