Aug 14, 2020 | Statements
“ARCH Disability Law Centre is deeply concerned by the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) decision not to lay charges against the correctional officers involved in the death of Soleiman Faqiri at the Central East Correctional Centre. ARCH urges the OPP to re-consider...
Aug 14, 2020 | Statements
“Rather than receiving the appropriate mental health treatment for his schizophrenia, Mr. Faqiri was segregated and subjected to intrusive and violent assault. The coroner’s report indicated that the brutality was the likely cause of his death. People living with...
Aug 14, 2020 | Statements
“BCCLA is horrified no prison guards are being held responsible for restraining & beating Soleiman Faqiri. Faqiri died in Ontario prison with 50 signs of blunt impact trauma. This is failure of justice; we continue to stand with Soleiman’s family demanding...
Aug 14, 2020 | Statements
“We understand that the provincial Crown Attorney investigated and determined that charges should not be laid in this case. We call on the Ontario Provincial Police and the provincial Crown Attorney to release details of its investigation, and we call on the Ontario...
Aug 14, 2020 | Statements
“This is a Travesty of Justice!” Canadian Senator Peter...
Aug 14, 2020 | Statements
“No prison guard was charged for murdering Soleiman Faqiri in the Lindsay jail, not because of occupational considerations or bad investigations, but because prison violence is state-sanctioned.” Canadian Journalist and Activist Desmond...
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