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Activist drags Ghana to court!
Shallie Abbiusi, a human rights activist and journalist, has sued the Ghanaian government at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice. GhanaWeb reports that the lawyer is suing the government for unlawful arrest, detention and deportation by the Ghana Immigration Service. Abbiusi is the former spokesperson for the New Force Movement…
Interpreter convicted for fabricating false refugee claims!
Nurul Noor Azman, an interpreter, has been sentenced to 11 months home detention. RNZ reports that Azman, an interpreter at an Auckland law firm, was found guilty of supplying false information in five cases involving horticultural workers. She charged them about $800 each to create the fake applications. Jason Perry, the immigration investigations national manager,…
Downtown Toronto agog for Khalsa Day celebrations!
Thousands of people were in downtown Toronto on Sunday for the Vaisakhi, also known as Khalsa Day celebrations. CBC reports that the people assembled for one of the city’s largest events. The day marks the Sikh New Year and the establishment of the Sikh community in 1699. The Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwaras Council (OSGC) has been…
Migrant boat sinks off Greek island!
One man died after a migrant boat sank near the island of Samos in Greece. Neos Kosmos reports that 25 people described as “foreigners” were found on a “semi-submerged dinghy…and rescued from the sea west of the south Aegean island.” According to the coastguard, the migrants were safely transferred to the port of Vathi. Searches for…
Fiji court don tok say tribunal dey correct!
One Yoruba highlife tok say dem luck door for landlord pikin. Na so e be for Kamlesh Kumar wey be Fiji person before im com cancel de tin when e wan become Australia person. E cancel im Fiji citizenship when im dey go Australia in 2003. In October 2021, e com tok say e wan…
S. Africa celebrates Freedom Day!
Every April 27, South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day.” Saturday, April 27, was not in any way different. South Africans came out in their millions to remember their first democratic election in 1994. That election officially sent the racial segregation system of apartheid into the annals of history. The 1994 election was a turning point…
Afghan migrant drowns in Bosnian river!
Ajmal Khan, a 17-year-old Afghan, drowned while crossing the Drina River in Tuzla, the third largest city in Bosnia-Herzegovina. NPR reports that the deceased was on his migrants, but no one claims—a way to Western Europe to find work. While it is a fact that thousands of migrants have died or gone missing in Europe, dozens…