National / Crime & Legal Dec 21, 2019
Footage of Ibaraki center's 'unjustifiable conduct' in restraining Kurd submitted to Tokyo court
In the case at the Tokyo District Court, the man is seeking damages for allegedly being manhandled.
National / Crime & Legal Nov 27, 2019
Kurdish man sues Japanese government over being left untreated for cancer while detained
A 26-year-old Kurdish man sued the government Tuesday, claiming he was left untreated for cancer while in a detention center northeast of Tokyo. The man is seeking about ¥8 million in damages in a lawsuit, in which he claims the East Japan Immigration Control Center ...
National / Social Issues Mar 27, 2017
Vietnamese killed himself in immigration center, community leader says
by Minami Funakoshi
A Vietnamese man held in a solitary cell at an immigration detention center in Japan committed suicide, a Vietnamese community leader said, raising fresh questions over conditions in the country's detention facilities. Nguyen The Hung killed himself on Saturday at the East Japan Immigration Center ...