hunger strike - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Sat, 13 Jun 2020 01:11:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 75 Haitians repatriated as borders reopen https://bahamascourtnews.com/75-haitians-repatriated-as-borders-reopen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=75-haitians-repatriated-as-borders-reopen Sat, 13 Jun 2020 01:07:31 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1782 NASSAU-A group of Haitian migrants who demanded repatriation to their homeland last week got their wish today. The Bahamas Immigration Department repatriated 75 Haitian migrants stuck at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre since March. Border closures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 stopped repatriations. The 67 men and 18 women represented 56 percent of the […]

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]]> BDF ends Haitian protest at detention centre https://bahamascourtnews.com/bdf-ends-haitian-uprising-at-detention-centre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bdf-ends-haitian-uprising-at-detention-centre Wed, 03 Jun 2020 07:40:23 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=1615 NASSAU-A group of Haitian migrants staged a protest at the immigration detention centre on June 2, demanding a return to their homeland, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) announced. Around 9am, 75 detainees went on a hunger strike and behaved in a “belligerent” manner as they protested their continued detention at the centre. Some of […]

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