Hunger Strike: Immigration Detainees and Ontario Prisons

hunger strike: Immigration detainees now on Day 14 of hunger strike in Ontario "I'm a refugee myself so this hits close to home," said Hazim Ismail, who was born in Malaysia and originally arrived in Winnipeg as an international student, according to CBC. Hazim Ismail asks a crowd of around 50 people to think about refugees who are starving themselves in two Ontario prisons, where they in indefinite detention. Specifically, they say they were standing in solidarity with 50 immigration detainees at two Ontario prisons, who went on a hunger strike more than two weeks ago to protest Canada policy. In April, Ismail claim for refugee status was accepted. Gay, atheist student from Malaysia has refugee claim accepted On Thursday, Ismail said refugees around Canada feel connected to the immigration detainees in Ontario. A gay man, he feared for his life in his home country, where homosexuality is punishable by law. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.