Soleiman Faqiri Death

• Forensic psychiatrist testifies at coroner’s inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri

  A 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.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2023
  
• Going to jail can disrupt health care for people with mental illness, inquest hears

  People with mental illness can experience significant disruptions to their health care when they are taken into custody, coroner's inquest for Soleiman Faqiri reveals.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2023
  
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• OPP again deem no criminal charges for death of Soleiman Faqiri at Lindsay jail

  Ontario's top pathologist in August 2021 ruled actions by correctional guards directly contributed to the death of Faqiri Soleiman in December 2015.

  Crime

  Aug 23, 2022
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• Ontario jail guards broke use-of-force rules in death of Soleiman Faqiri: court documents

  "My brother is buried, but we don't have his closure."

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2020
• Justice for Soli sends open letter to Premier Ford: ‘We want accountability for my brother’

  "We don't have our closure," said Yusuf Faqiri, choking back tears.

  Politics

  Mar 3, 2020
• OPP re-open case of jail cell death of man found with dozens of injuries

  Faqiri, who had schizophrenia, died in a segregation cell at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont., while awaiting a transfer to a mental health facility in December 2016.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2019
• Ontario man with schizophrenia who died after ‘altercation’ with jail guards had over 50 injuries: lawyer

  Thirty-year-old Soleiman Faqiri died on Dec. 15 — 11 days after being admitted to the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont., on charges of assault, threatening death and bodily harm and two counts of aggravated assault.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2017
• Family still without answers 6 months after Ontario man with schizophrenia dies in jail

  Six months after the unexplained death of a man with schizophrenia inside an Ontario jail following a “physical altercation” with multiple guards, his family is still desperate to know what really happened to him.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2017
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• Family wants answers after Ontario man with schizophrenia killed in jail guard ‘altercation’

  The family of Soleiman Faqiri, a man with schizophrenia who died after a "physical altercation" with guards inside an Ontario jail last month, are demanding answers -- while friends hold a vigil in his memory in Toronto.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2017