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Amnesty International label ruinous Italy-Albania migrant detention pact “a wake-up call”

Post author:Grace
Post published:22 August 2026
Post last modified:22 August 2026

Amnesty International have released a statement claiming that Italy’s agreement to detain migrants and asylum seekers in Albania is a danger to people’s “safety, liberty and human rights”. The campaign organisation also held that the pact: continue[s] to expose the dangers of long-standing European Union (EU) migration policies that centre on exclusion and containment. Evading responsibilities On 23 February 2024, the Italy-Albania Agreement established two Italian-run ‘migration facilities’ in Albania. The agreement will run for 5 years, with over €670 m earmarked to fund it. After that point, it will likely be renewed automatically. Amnesty described the conditions in the Albanian detention centres…

Activists confront Aviva Norwich HQ for insuring migrant detention and surveillance private contractors

Post author:The Canary
Post published:27 July 2026
Post last modified:28 July 2026

On Friday 24 July 2026, from 8.00-9.00am, activists converged on Aviva’s historic Norwich headquarters. They were demanding the insurer severs ties with companies accused of human rights abuses against migrants and asylum seekers. They brought a 1.5m barbed wire ball surrounding Aviva’s logo, and spoke to hundreds of staff as they made their way to work. Aviva insures the largest number of migrant detention and surveillance contractors operating in the UK. Activists say this record sits in stark contradiction to the company’s publicly stated human rights commitments. Profiting from abuse? Aviva, which grew out of Norwich Union to become a multinational…

US Congressman Ro Khanna slams IOF after detention by armed Israeli settlers

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:12 July 2026
Post last modified:12 July 2026

Extremist Israeli settlers — is there any other kind? — detained US lawmaker Ro Khanna as he visited the occupied West Bank last week. Khanna — one of the more critical of Israel among US politicians — was held for around 90 minutes by land-thieves armed with M4 assault rifles. He said that when Israeli troops finally turned up: they sided with the settlers and continued our detention. Khanna becomes the first US politician held by the apartheid colony. Surely his brown skin had nothing to do with it. The detention has been ignored by the White House and US Israel…

ICE agents attack protesters and Democrat senator supporting hunger striker at detention facility

Post author:Alex/Rose Cocker
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have attacked protesters outside of the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. Meanwhile, detainees inside the facility have staged a hunger strike against the inhumane conditions they’re subjected to. Attorneys have reported that around 300 detainees have joined the hunger-and-labor strike at Delaney Hall. The peaceful action began on 22 May, highlighting serious concerns including the spoiled food they’re expected to eat. Selenia Destefani – CEO of Nova Law Group, representatives of the detainees – explained that: The conditions are brutal. People just sleep on the floor – overcrowded rooms, cold showers,…