The validity of an Australian law used to detain 157 Tamil asylum - TopicsExpress



          

The validity of an Australian law used to detain 157 Tamil asylum seekers at sea in June will be under the spotlight in the High Court in Canberra today. The group, which included 50 children, set out from Pondicherry in India after fleeing Sri Lanka some time earlier. They were intercepted at sea and taken aboard the Australian Customs ship the Oceanic Protector. Lawyers for the 157 Tamils, now held in the Nauru detention centre, say their clients were falsely imprisoned on the ship for a month and are contesting the Governments power to detain them. They were separated and kept in windowless rooms on the ship, and let out for three hours to exercise and eat while their case was heard in the High Court. abc.net.au/news/2014-10-14/157-tamil-asylum-seekers-challenge-heard-high-court/5811090
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:00:45 +0000

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