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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

Australian government overturns decision to cancel citizenship of man on death row in Iraq

Ahmad Merhi
A lawyer for Ahmad Merhi, who is on death row in Iraq, has asked the Australian government to assist him, given the recent change in his citizenship status Photograph: Supplied by Ahmad Merhi's family

The Department of Home Affairs has overturned a decision to cancel the citizenship of a former Sydney man on death row in Iraq after it ruled the law used to strip him of his Australian citizenship was invalid.

The department has now revealed that 18 other Australians had their citizenship illegally revoked.

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