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British Muslim Journalist Sami Hamdi set to be released after ICE detention; wife demands justice

British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, who was arrested by US federal immigration authorities, is set to be released and allowed to return to the UK after being held for more than two weeks. On Monday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said he had opted to accept a US govt offer to leave the country […]

Fake jobs, immigration fraud: 59-year-old Indian-origin man Umesh Patel sentenced to home detention in New Zealand

An Indian-origin man has been sentenced in an elaborate immigration fraud in New Zealand. 59-year-old Umesh Patel, an Indian-origin Auckland man, plotted an elaborate immigration fraud scheme which was running for years, duping visa applicants. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) busted the scam and Patel pleaded guilty to 37 charges, including forgery and providing false or […]

JNU: Delhi police detains 28 students, including JNUSU president; protest turns confrontational | India News

NEW DELHI: At least 28 students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), including student union (JNUSU) president Nitesh Kumar, were detained on Saturday evening after a protest outside the campus turned confrontational, Delhi Police said.According to the police, around 70–80 students, including women, gathered near the university’s West Gate around 6 pm. Barricades had been placed […]

Leqaa Kordia: The Palestinian woman still in ICE detention | World News

While hostages from the recent Israel-Gaza conflict have been returned as part of a ceasefire agreement brokered by the Trump administration in early October 2025, one Palestinian woman is rotting in jail, far from the headlines. Leqaa Kordia, a 32-year-old Palestinian, has been held in ICE custody in Texas since March 2025. Born in Jerusalem […]

‘Tied me up, took selfies’: Greta Thunberg breaks silence on ‘torture’ under Israeli detention

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has spoken publicly for the first time about her alleged mistreatment while detained by Israeli authorities following her participation in the Freedom Flotilla. The flotilla aimed to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians under blockade in Gaza. However, the mission was intercepted earlier this month by Israeli forces, who boarded multiple ships […]

Green card holder Paramjit Singh still in ICE custody, family says second brain tumor surgery delayed due to detention

Paramjit Singh is still in ICE custody and immigration authorities have now cited a different old case against him. 48-year-old Paramjit Singh, who was detained by the ICE at Chicago O’Hare International Airport as he was returning from India, is still in ICE custody and his second brain tumor surgery got delayed due to the […]

‘Dragged by hair, paraded in Israeli flag’: Flotilla eyewitnesses detail Greta Thunberg’s harrowing detention; prison conditions harsh, unsanitary

Flotilla eyewitnesses detail Greta Thunberg’s harrowing detention Eyewitnesses on a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza described environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg being dragged, beaten, and paraded by Israeli forces after her detention. The accounts depict a scene of intimidation and mistreatment that shocked those on board.An email from the Swedish foreign ministry to people close to […]

Anitifa row: North Carolina detention officer fired over social media posts – here’s what police department said

File photo: Brian Edwards A North Carolina detention officer was terminated after social media posts he made appeared to violate department policy and drew attention for their political content.Brian Edwards, a detention officer with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, was placed on administrative leave on September 20 following posts on his Bluesky account, including one […]

‘State sponsors of wrongful detention’: Trump to sign order protecting Americans abroad; penalise nations detaining US citizens

US President Donald Trump The Donald Trump administration is set to issue an executive order as early as Friday establishing a state sponsors of wrongful detention designation for countries that illegally detain US nationals.The move is aimed at holding foreign governments accountable and protecting Americans traveling abroad from wrongful imprisonment or hostage situations, reported CBS […]

Why are JK Rowling, Elon Musk calling UK ‘police state’? Detention row deepens: ‘This is totalitarianism’

JK Rowling, left, and Elon Musk JK Rowling and Elon Musk have branded the UK a “police state” after comedian Graham Linehan was arrested at Heathrow Airport, where armed officers detained him over social media posts now under investigation.Rowling condemned the arrest in a post on X, writing, “What has the UK become? This is […]