Photos: Nigerian-Ghanaian immigration detainee released after 7 years in maximum-security jail in Canada

In a forceful rebuke to Canada’s practice of indefinite immigration detention, an Ontario court on Friday, April 28th, ordered the release of Kashif Ali, a 51-year-old Nigerian-Ghanaian man who spent more than seven years in a maximum-security jail because Canada was unable to deport him. Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer called the lengthy detention "unacceptable" and said that it

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