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CNN
a day ago
- CNN
‘It's far from over": Documentary directors on locating Syria's missing detainees
Bianna Golodryga speaks with Sara Obeidat and Sasha Joelle Achilli, co-directors of "Syria's Detainee Files," a new Frontline documentary that looks at the hundreds of thousands of people who were imprisoned, and those who remain missing.
Free Malaysia Today
a day ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Improve handling of detainees' belongings, EAIC tells immigration dept
The EAIC has received complaints of the failure to return belongings to detainees after their release from the Bukit Jalil immigration depot. (Reuters pic) PUTRAJAYA : The Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) has received complaints about the immigration department's alleged failure to return detainees' belongings after their release from the Bukit Jalil immigration depot. However, the EAIC said in a statement today that investigations found that the loss of the items was not due to negligence by immigration officers. 'Nevertheless, there are several weaknesses in the management and handling of detainees' belongings that need to be rectified to prevent accusations or misunderstandings against officers on duty,' the statement said. Consequently, the EAIC has decided to recommend improvements to the immigration department to ensure the management and handling of detainees' belongings adhere to the existing operating procedures.
News24
a day ago
- News24
Seven detainees injured in police vehicle crash near KZN
Seven detainees were injured when the police truck that was transporting them from Pietermaritzburg to Kokstad overturned in Richmond on Monday morning. The accident took place on the R56 near the Eston turnoff between Richmond and Ixopo. ALS Paramedics were dispatched to the scene shortly after 10:00 after multiple distress calls were received from the public, spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said. He added that upon arrival, they found the police vehicle, which had rolled and landed on its roof. 'Paramedics from multiple ambulance services treated and stabilised the injured on [the] scene before transporting all seven to a nearby hospital for further medical care. Fortunately, no injuries were reported among the police officers involved,' Jamieson added. According to provincial police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda, the vehicle hit a guardrail before losing control and overturning. 'The truck was escorted by four police vehicles, and the accident scene has been secured, ensuring that [the] detainees remain in custody,' Netshiunda added. The spokesperson will provide further details in due course.
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Health
- The Guardian
Group stranded with Ice in Djibouti shipping container after removal from US
A group of men removed from the US to Djibouti, in east Africa, are stranded in a converted shipping container together with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers sent to supervise them after a deportation flight to South Sudan was stopped by an American court. The eight deportees and 13 Ice staff have begun to 'feel ill', the US government said. Eight men, from Latin America, Asia and South Sudan, and the Ice staff have been stuck at a US naval base since late May. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that the Ice officers began to fall ill 'within 72 hours of landing' in Djibouti, and continue to suffer from suspected bacterial upper respiratory infections. The Trump administration had attempted to send the eight detainees, who it said had been convicted of criminal offenses, to South Sudan, but a judge intervened to stop their flight in May, arguing that they were entitled to challenge the deportation in the courts. Mellissa Harper, a top official at the DHS and Ice, said in a court declaration that the detainees are being held in a shipping container that was previously converted into a conference room. The Ice officers are 'sharing very limited sleeping quarters', Harper said, with only six beds between 13 people. In the declaration, Harper said burn pits in Djibouti have led to Ice officials experiencing 'throat irritation'. She said the outside temperature frequently exceeds 100F (38C) in the daytime, and said Ice officials were at risk of malaria because they did not take anti-malaria medication before arriving in Djibouti. 'Within 72 hours of landing in Djibouti, the officers and detainees began to feel ill,' Harper said, but they are unable to obtain proper testing for a diagnosis. Harper added: 'Upon arrival in Djibouti, officers were warned by US Department of Defense officials of imminent danger of rocket attacks from terrorist groups in Yemen. The Ice officers lack body armor or other gear that would be appropriate in the case of an attack.' The declaration detailed the conditions that the detainees face, including only being allowed to shower once a day, and being subjected to 'pat-downs and searches' during trips to the restroom, which is 40 yards from the shipping container where they are being held. Harper said there is limited lighting in the area, 'which makes visibility difficult and creates a significant security risk for both the officers and aliens'. The Trump administration had attempted to send the eight men to their home countries of Myanmar, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, Mexico and South Sudan. Those countries declined to accept them, however, and US authorities then arranged to fly them to South Sudan in late May. Brian Murphy, a US district judge in Boston, intervened, ruling that the administration had 'unquestionably' violated his earlier order, issued in April, which ruled that anyone being deported to third-party countries had the right to challenge it legally.
Washington Post
5 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration's El Salvador prison deal
A coalition of immigrant rights groups on Thursday sued to invalidate the Trump administration's deal to house detainees in a notorious prison in El Salvador, saying the arrangement to move migrant detainees outside the reach of U.S. courts violates the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., notes that the administration has argued that those sent to El Salvador are beyond the reach of U.S. courts and no longer have access to due process rights or other U.S. constitutional guarantees.
