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Justice for Soli campaign visits Osgoode

Nov 15, 2019 | News

Justice for Soli campaign visits Osgoode On Wednesday, November 13, Yusuf Faqiri and the Justice for Soli campaign visited Osgoode Hall. Yusuf spoke to students about his brother, 30-year-old Soleiman Faqiri, who faced an injustice that ultimately led to his...

Campaign seeks accountability for Soleiman Faqiri’s death in jail

Nov 13, 2019 | News, Opinion Pieces

Campaign seeks accountability for Soleiman Faqiri’s death in jail His family has begun a Justice for Soli campaign — they want the prison guards criminally charged and to ensure others suffering from mental illness...

How the Criminal Justice System Fails the Mentally Ill

Nov 5, 2019 | News

“They violently beat him to death”: Soleiman Faqiri and the Search for Justice - Obiter Dicta How the Criminal Justice System Fails the Mentally Ill On December 4th, 2016, Soleiman Faqiri was taken into temporary custody at the Central East Correctional Centre in...

CBC Winnipeg interview

Oct 8, 2019 | News

. Justice, mental health, elections and Winnipeg. List to our CBC interview and discover the truth about what happen to Soli....

Evan Solomon Show

Apr 12, 2019 | News

We are on the Evan Solomon Show talking about #mentalhealth and...

Jail death probed

Mar 27, 2019 | News

Jail death probed - Imprint Soleiman Faqiri, a former University of Waterloo student, died in an Ontario jail in 2016. An engineering student, Faqiri began his education at UW in 2004 and had to leave in 2005 after being diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was...