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Exploring the state of immigration detention in Canada

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Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 13:00:30 +0000

Through the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has the authority to hold foreign nationals (even if they have not committed a crime) in custody until a decision is made on the appropriate next steps. In the case of immigration detention, so-called next steps can include granting a visa […]

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HRW urges PH cooperation in rights probe

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 21:55:13 +0000

The Duterte government is inviting comparisons to restrictive states like North Korea and Myanmar if it refuses to allow the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) deputy director Phil Robertson said on Friday.

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Int’l rights group asks Philippines to drop raps vs Robredo, 35 others

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 01:48:52 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights watchdog, urged the Philippine government to withdraw the sedition complaint filed against Vice President Leni Robredo and 35 others over their alleged involvement to the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos.

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Human Rights Watch says drug war ‘devastates’ children’s lives

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:13:09 +0000

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new web feature Friday that the government’s war against drugs “devastates” the lives of Filipino children.

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HRW exec: Ensure ‘overdue’ probe on PH drug war killings is ‘put in place’

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2019 05:31:47 +0000

Members of the Human Rights Council must ensure that the investigation of drug-related killings in the Philippines “is in place”

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Rights group urges solons to reject bill lowering MACR from 15 to 12

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:07:02 +0000

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged lawmakers to reject a bill proposing to lower the age of criminal liability from 15 years old to 12.

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Human rights crisis in Philippines intensified amid drug war – HRW

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:03:58 +0000

The human rights crisis in the Philippines has “deepened” in 2018 as the bloody war on drugs  continued under the Duterte administration, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Thursday.

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