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Apr

Fate Unknown of Nearly 100 South Asian Asylum-seekers Suspected of Being Deported to Life Threatening Danger

Tags: apala, bangladesh, chu, crowley, drum, freedomgiving, honda, india, mpower

Community Plans to Mourn in Jackson Heights as Police Already Visit Threats Upon Deportees’ Families with News of Return

Contact: B. Loewe, #Not1More, bloewe@mijente.net, 773.791.4668

April 4, 2016 – Late Sunday night, advocates at DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) received a call from a detainee at Florence detention center reporting several busloads of South Asian men who had been transferred there en masse were being loaded on to buses in the middle of the night. By Monday afternoon, many of the asylum-seekers were listed as “no longer in custody” in the detainee tracker, a status associated with either being released or deported.

Mar

Candidates Called On to Prevent Hunger Strikers Being #Deported2Death

Tags: bernie sanders, drum, freedomgiving, hillary clinton

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March 29, 2016 – This morning two dozen people, including former immigrant detainees from DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving and their supporters, arrived outside Clinton Campaign Headquarters to demand that presidential candidate Clinton and others running for office speak out publicly to halt the imminent deportations of 159 Bangladeshi migrants who launched the #FreedomGiving hunger strike last year. Read more

Mar

DHS and State Department Prepare Mass Deportation of Hundreds of Muslims

Tags: detention, drum, mpower, muslim, state department

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After Years of Prolonged Detention and Abuse, Bangladeshi Detainees Would Return to Imminent Danger of Imprisonment, Disappearances, and Death

March 24, 2016 – New York, NY
Immigration authorities have begun transporting South Asian detainees to Florence, Arizona, as a staging ground for impending mass deportation. Many of the Muslim migrants from Bangladesh being transported were participants in the #Freedomgiving hunger strikes at the end of 2015 that roiled a dozen detention centers across the country and brought attention to the prolonged, unjustified, and discriminatory detention of Muslim and South Asian migrants. Read more

Dec

“It Seems This Place is Like Guantanamo” – Detainees Protest Forced Feeding Order

Tags: drum, freedomgiving, hunger strike, krome, torture

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7 detainees from the #freedomgiving hunger strikes are still continuing on Day 21 of their hunger strike at Krome Detention Center in Miami, Florida. Yesterday they were summoned to court, where they appeared in wheelchairs and the judge issued forced feeding orders for all of them despite their protestations.

The hunger strikers also raised complaint about the prison and ICE officials having limited their phone access to the outside world of their family, friends, media, and even attorneys. The judge instructed that the detainees be allowed regular phone access. The judge also reminded that detainees should be allowed access and phone calls to the media.

Dec

Sanders Pressed to Visit Detention, Call to Free Hunger Strikers

Tags: bernie sanders, drum, freedomgiving, hunger strike, isa noyola, jahed ahmed

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In a rare occurrence, Sen. Bernie Sanders sat down publicly with undocumented immigrants to hear their concerns and discuss his Family First immigration platform.

During the discussion, a back and forth occurred between Jahed Ahmed, an asylum-seeker from Bangladesh who saw his friend killed in front of him because of their political involvement and who was part of hunger strikes that are facing increased retaliation as we speak. Read more

Dec

Seven Hunger Strikers Sent to Medical Unit as ICE Uses Sleep Deprivation and Attempts to Deport Participants

Tags: adelanto, detention, drum, etowah, freedomgiving, hunger strike, theo lacy

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As Situation Escalates, Former Hunger Striker to Appear on Sanders Livestream Event at 3:00pm [watch here]

Updates:

Theo Lacy suspends strike after reaching agreement for release from ICE
Otay hunger strikers resume eating after 11 days (including one man who continued for three days even after heart surgery)
Adelanto and Etowah detainees report sleep deprivation with guards waking them every 15 minutes
Etowah detainees report threats of force feeding
7 Etowah detainees sent to medical unit now on 12th day of strike
At least four of the original El Paso hunger strikers were put on planes for removal and then returned to their cells this weekend
Krome, Etowah, and Aurora cut off calls to known supporters, trying to sever communication.

Dec

#Freedomgiving Hunger Strike Supporters Push Candidates to Respond

Tags: clinton, detention, drum, elections, fahd ahmed, freedomgiving, o'malley, sanders

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As Detainees Enter 8th Day of #Freedomgiving Hunger Strike, Protests Prompt Candidate Response, ICE Continues Retaliation

O’Malley Calls for End to Detention, Sanders Issues Support, Clinton Pivots to Beltway Talking Points

“Generic pledges of future positions are inadequate when there are people in detention literally starving to be free right now.” – Fahd Ahmed, Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM)

Citing that leading Democratic candidates have made promises of reform in the future, #Freedomgiving hunger strike supporters rallied at Hillary Clinton’s office yesterday demanding that she and the other candidates speak out on the current crisis in detention.

Before the rally, Fahd Ahmed, executive director of Desis Rising Up and Moving explained, “People seeking safety in the US who instead find themselves locked behind bars have refused their meals for the past week. The fact that they have not been released after as much as two years in detention is a failure of the immigration system. If the candidates don’t speak out on their behalf we are also witnessing a failure of humanity. Bernie Sanders started a petition for refugees coming to the US but what about the ones already in detention here?” Read more

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All posts tagged drum

Fate Unknown of Nearly 100 South Asian Asylum-seekers Suspected of Being Deported to Life Threatening Danger

Candidates Called On to Prevent Hunger Strikers Being #Deported2Death

DHS and State Department Prepare Mass Deportation of Hundreds of Muslims

“It Seems This Place is Like Guantanamo” – Detainees Protest Forced Feeding Order

Sanders Pressed to Visit Detention, Call to Free Hunger Strikers

Seven Hunger Strikers Sent to Medical Unit as ICE Uses Sleep Deprivation and Attempts to Deport Participants

#Freedomgiving Hunger Strike Supporters Push Candidates to Respond

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