An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered the release of Kashif Ali, an immigration detainee who spent more than seven years in a maximum-security jail because the Canadian government has been unable to deport him. Justice Ian Nordheimer called the lengthy detention “unacceptable” and said that it violated Ali’s Charter rights. "One thing is clear and that is that Canada cannot purport to hold someone in detention forever," Nordheimer said, reading from his decision. Ali is the longest-serving immigration detainee currently in detention. He was one of two detainees profiled in Caged in Canada, a recent Star investigation.

Source: thestar April 28, 2017 21:00 UTC