19 h. ago Wife of British man detained in Dubai calls on PM to act to secure his release

Heather Cornelius delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street on Monday, the day after her husband Ryan Cornelius’s 71st birthday.

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5 d. ago Lawyers ask federal judge in Vermont for immediate release of detained Palestinian activist

A federal judge is scheduled to consider a request to immediately release a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship

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7 d. ago Judge temporarily blocks NYC mayor from allowing ICE agents on Rikers Island jail

A New York judge has ordered city officials to temporarily halt discussions with the Trump administration allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex

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2 w. ago Israel releases 10 Palestinians detained from Gaza. They say they suffered abuse

Israel has freed 10 Palestinians detained from Gaza, the latest in periodic releases from the thousands of people troops have seized during the military campaign in the territory

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2 w. ago Immigration judge to rule Friday on possible release of detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil

An immigration judge in Louisiana says she will decide later this week whether the government can continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University activist facing deportation for his role in pro-Palestinian campus protests

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3 w. ago Mother and three kids released by Ice after protests from US ‘border czar’s’ hometown

About a thousand people marched outside of Tom Homan’s home in village of less than 1,500 after family was detainedA mother and her three children who were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents as part of a sweep in the tiny hometown of the Trump administration’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, have been released following days of outcry from community figures, advocates and protesters calling for their freedom.Over the weekend, about a thousand protesters marched outside of Homan’s home in a small New York village, calling for the release of the family after they were detained last month. The family has not been named or spoken out publicly. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ice frees mother and three kids after protests in US ‘border czar’s’ home town

About a thousand people marched outside of Tom Homan’s home in village of less than 1,500 after family was detainedA mother and her three children who were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents as part of a sweep in the tiny home town of the Trump administration’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, have been released following days of outcry from community figures, advocates and protesters calling for their freedom.Over the weekend, about a thousand protesters marched outside Homan’s home in a small New York village, calling for the release of the family after they were detained last month. The family has not been named or spoken out publicly. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Son of British couple detained by Taliban calls on US to help secure their release

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie Reynolds, 75, were arrested by Taliban officials in February

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3 w. ago Son of British couple detained by Taliban call on US to help secure their release

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie Reynolds, 75, were arrested by Taliban officials on in February when they were returning to their home in Bamyan

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3 w. ago ICE to temporarily release detained migrant so he can donate kidney to his brother

José Gregorio González has reportedly been granted humanitarian parole to ‘save his brother’s life’

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3 w. ago A man came to the US to donate a kidney to his brother. ICE showing up as his doorstep interrupted that plan

‘We both cried when they arrested him because we both know he is my lifeline,’ said José Alfredo Pacheco, who is suffering from end-stage kidney failure

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3 w. ago Family of Jagtar Singh Johal calls on UK Government for 'more urgency' to secure his release

The family of Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, are calling for more urgency from the UK government in seeking his release seven years after he was arbitrarily detained in India.

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3 w. ago University of Minnesota student who was detained by ICE sues for immediate release

A University of Minnesota graduate student who’s being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is suing for his immediate release

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