The UKVI rejected the application, explaining that they were not satisfied the applicant was genuine given they had quoted the wrong founding year. The university subsequently confirmed that the applicant had provided the correct year and the UKVI caseworker was incorrect, but the decision could not be reconsidered. In another case a foreign student was rejected from obtaining a visa to study at the University of East Anglia due to a dispute over whether the university was in Norfolk. The applicant asserted correctly that it was, but the UKVI caseworker appeared to confuse Norfolk with Norwich, which is the capital of the county, and rejected the application - believing the applicant was wrong.

I hope the new Permanent Secretary at the Home Office is going to be able to look at the UK Visas and Immigration’s practices
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Immigration official says asylum seekers from Gaza in danger of being denied under new law Days after passing Bill C-12, federal immigration officials have begun sending out letters to thousands of asylum seekers in Canada, warning them they may not qualify for a hearing in front of the Imm...

Ineligibility is now based on completely arbitrary considerations - this refugee has now had his claim rendered ineligible simply because he visited Canada briefly 3 years ago for medical reasons.

Immigration Department informing some 30,000 applicants they may be ineligible for refugee hearings | CBC News Canada's Immigration Department is sending tens of thousands of refugee claimants letters that they may not be eligible for asylum — and is telling some of them that they should leave immediately.

Canada's newly passed Bill c-12 is already ruining thousands of refugee's lives with misleading letters while others are left in permanent limbo www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

This is fucking bananas. This will isolate already marginalized kids. It is authoritarian. It will not reduce harm. Alarm bells should be ringing.

Can't believe I learned about this in my own city from a news outlet across the ocean (HT @savasavasava.myatproto.social), & also, *of course* it's Rosedale 🫠 For those not already aware of Flock, here is a thread showing why we need to push it out NOW, before it takes hold anywhere else in Canada:

I was going to write some thoughts about Flock in #TO, but thankfully @cyn-k.bsky.social did & much better than I could, which you can find below in this 🧵

France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech | TechCrunch France's move to ditch Windows for Linux is its latest effort to reduce its reliance on American tech giants.

"France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech" #digitalsovereignty techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/f...

Sotomayor Faults Kavanaugh Over Immigration Stops Concurrence Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized a fellow member of the US Supreme Court for failing to grasp the real-world effects of an unsigned order last year that allowed immigration enforcement sweeps in Los...

"Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized a fellow member of the US Supreme Court for failing to grasp the real-world effects of an unsigned order last year that allowed immigration enforcement sweeps in Los Angeles to resume." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

This Wisconsin City Ditched AI Surveillance Cameras. Now Activists Want to Keep Going. Some cities are opting out of camera networks like Flock’s, concerned about abuse by police and immigration authorities. Organizers hope Dane County is the “next big domino” to fall.

Last November, the city of Verona, Wisconsin, pulled out of a sprawling surveillance network run by Flock Safety. The company waited months to remove its cameras installed around town, only doing so when the city finally covered them with plastic bags.

Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham, two heads of civil society organizations in the United Kingdom, have been convicted of criminal offenses for peacefully protesting in the UK.

This is a travesty of justice and a huge blow to the right to protest.

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Bill 97 threatens privacy and public accountability in Ontario Bill 97 Bill 97 will carve out broad categories of records from Ontario’s right to information regime and insulate the government’s personal data handling from oversight, undermining privacy and publi...

Bill 97 will carve out broad categories of records from Ontario’s right to information regime and insulate the government’s personal data handling from oversight, undermining privacy and public accountability.

Read more:
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Bill 97 threatens privacy and public accountability in Ontario Bill 97 Bill 97 will carve out broad categories of records from Ontario’s right to information regime and insulate the government’s personal data handling from oversight, undermining privacy and publi...

Bill 97 threatens privacy and government accountability in Ontario.

ccla.org/fundamental-...

Olympic Committee’s New Eligibility Rules Exclude Transgender Athletes and Expands Policing of Women’s Bodies - CCLA

New rules announced by the International Olympic Committee risk undermining the principle that sport is a human right. Policies that exclude athletes and authorize invasive testing have no place in a rights-respecting sporting system.

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Passing of Bill C-12 is an Attack on Refugee and Migrant Rights in Canada - CCLA A broad coalition of human rights, civil liberties, refugee and migrant rights, gender justice, and data privacy organizations have denounced the adoption of Bill C-12, which became law yesterday. Thi...

A broad coalition of organizations, including CCLA, has denounced the passing of Bill C-12, which became law yesterday. This legislation marks a serious attack on refugee and migrant rights in Canada and has been criticized by the UN Human Rights Committee.

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The government just stripped critical judicial authorization powers from Bill C-8, it's sweeping cybersecurity bill, on the pretext that addition of oversight by a legislative committee (SECU) were out of order.

What a blatant disregard for civil liberties and democratic process.

Key UN Body Issues Stark Assessment of Bill C-12 Immigration Reforms and a General Erosion of Human Rights in Canada - CCLA As Bill C-12 is set to receive its final consideration in Parliament, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has sounded the alarm regarding the Bill’s new ineligibility provisions, which would...

The CCPR Committee issues a stark assessment of Canada's commitment to human rights, calling out Bill C12 (erosion of migrant rights), Bill 21 (discriminatory impact on religious freedoms in Quebec) frequent use of the notwithstanding clause, and Bill C2 (now 22)'s sweeping surveillance powers.

Hong Kong Police Can Demand Passwords Under New National Security Rules An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Hong Kong police can now demand phone or computer passwords from those who are suspected of breaching the wide-ranging National Security Law (NSL). Those who refuse could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $12,700, and individuals who prov...

Hong Kong Police Can Demand Passwords Under New National Security Rules

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SCC releases judgement in Singer, expanding police ability to enter people's yards - CCLA The Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in R v Singer, 2026 SCC 8, an appeal concerning the scope of privacy limitations on the “implied licence to knock”. As...

Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R v Singer expands police's ability to enter people's front yards and creates disappointing uncertainties in the scope of privacy protection.

A Supreme constitutional clash: Canadians’ rights against government powers The landmark hearing on Bill 21 could bring the notwithstanding clause – and Canada – into uncharted territory

The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing a challenge this week re: Quebec's use of the notwithstanding clause to pass Bill 21, which prohibits public-sector workers in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols on the job

From @ebner.bsky.social:
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Why Manitoba might be offering no timeline for new consumption site | Truth & Politics YouTube video by APTN News

The Manitoba government promised Canada's first Indigenous-led supervised consumption site during its first term and now Premier Wab Kinew is backing away and offering no timeline.

On this week's Truth & Politics we discuss this lack of timeline and more.

sure would be nice if a Canadian media outlet that wasn't paywalled wrote something about this massive threat to people who can't afford paywalls

Minister leaves door open to tabling new police search powers bill after 1st attempt faced backlash | CBC News Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is adamant Canada's police and intelligence agencies are getting additional search powers, leaving the door open to introducing a new lawful access bill afte...

Decent overview in this one:

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Lawful access bill could create vulnerabilities for hackers, experts warn Foreign intelligence services with malevolent intent could also exploit intercept infrastructure, tech and legal specialists say

Newly introduced Bill C-22 includes a sweeping surveillance capabilities regime that will undermine privacy and create cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

CCLA at the Senate Committee to Sound the Alarm about Bill C-15’s Anti-Democratic Exemption Powers YouTube video by Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Watch the testimony of Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of our Fundamental Freedoms Program, at the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance as she highlights the deeply concerning new exemption powers introduced by Bill C-15.

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Shining a Light on the Encryption Debate: A Canadian Field Guide - The Citizen Lab Critical analysis and insight that navigates the complex implications of ongoing encryption debates.

Encryption policy isn't 1:1 mapped to lawful access, but for a historically situated & comprehensive background w/ in-depth relevant analysis, this gold-standard @citizenlab.ca + @cippic.bsky.social report by @lex-is.bsky.social, @digitalprivacy.ca , and @christopher-parsons.com remains a classic:

C-12: Undermining Migrants’ Rights in the Name of Border Security YouTube video by Observatoire pour la justice migrante

C-12 is set to undermine migrant and refugees' rights in Canada (FR with EN subtitles)

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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

ICE and Border Patrol have been using facial recognition technology in our cities to target and threaten immigrants, people of color, and anyone documenting their abuses.

Internal report describes a 'cesspool of racism' in the federal public service | CBC News An internal report on workplace racism and harassment at the highest levels of the federal public service shows that not even the federal government’s top executives are immune from the problem.

This report came out before you were elected, @mark-carney.bsky.social, but now it's your responsibility. What is your plan to address this?

#cdnpoli

Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator

@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him