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Kieran Pender and Rimon Rimon in Tarawa

Australian-born judge released from immigration detention in Kiribati, after being held overnight

Justice David Lambourne (right) with Sir John Baptist Muri, the former chief justice of the Kiribati high court, in 2019
Justice David Lambourne (right) with Sir John Baptist Muri, the former chief justice of the Kiribati high court, in 2019. Photograph: Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute

Kiribati’s Australian-born high court justice David Lambourne was released from immigration detention on Friday night, with the government belatedly complying with an order from the country’s court of appeal.

The court had ordered Lambourne’s release on Friday morning, after he was detained on Thursday following the government’s unsuccessful attempt to deport him, contrary to court orders.

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