Soleiman Faqiri
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Faqiri family demands answers on implementing coroner inquest recommendationsIn December 2023, inquest jurors issued 57 recommendations meant to improve oversight of the correctional service and access to mental health care within it.CanadaMay 5, 2025
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Faqiri family calls out Ontario government for lack of action on inquest recommendationsFaqiri's brother, Yusuf Faqiri, says Ontario has not fulfilled any of the recommendations following his brother's death at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay in 2016.CanadaMay 16, 2024
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Family holds vigil in Toronto for Soleiman Faqiri seven years after his death in custodyThe family of Soleiman Faqiri, who died in an Ontario detention centre, gathered with Toronto community members Saturday night to mark the seventh anniversary of his death.CanadaDec 17, 2023
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‘His honour is protected,’ says Faqiri family after Coroner’s inquestThe family of Soleiman Faqiri commends the results of a Coroner's Inquest looking into his death. Faqiri died while in custody at the Central East Corrections Centre in 2016.CanadaDec 13, 2023
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Faqiri inquest recommends corrections ‘inspectorate,’ rules death a homicideJurors in a coroner’s inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail have recommended the province create a designated "inspectorate" for corrections.CrimeDec 12, 2023
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Coroner’s counsel asks jurors to find Soleiman Faqiri died as a result of homicideJurors examining the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail are being asked to find he died as a result of a homicide.CanadaDec 8, 2023
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Coroner’s inquest hears from correctional officer who had Soleiman Faqiri filmedA coroner's inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail is hearing from a correctional officer who had the man recorded on video.CanadaDec 6, 2023
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Coroner’s inquest watches video of inmate who says he witnessed struggleThe inquest watched a video recording of John Thibeault's interview with Ontario Provincial Police on Aug. 14, 2019.CanadaDec 5, 2023
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Coroner’s inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri hears from correctional officerDavid Surowiec says he and several other staff members were put on administrative suspension after Soleiman Faqiri's death on Dec. 15, 2016.CrimeDec 4, 2023
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Forensic psychiatrist testifies at coroner’s inquest into death of Soleiman FaqiriA video of Soleiman Faqiri taken a few days before his death shows a man "probably as unwell as you can get," a forensic psychiatrist told a coroner's inquest Wednesday.CanadaNov 22, 2023
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