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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Henry Belot

Australian government’s detention of a refugee in Melbourne hotels ruled legal by court

The Australian government’s detention of a refugee in Melbourne hotels for more than 14 months “lacked ordinary human decency” but did not breach federal laws, a court has found.

Mostafa “Moz” Azimitabar, who was detained in two Melbourne hotels, sought damages from the federal government for what he believed was an unlawful detention that left him “dreaming of sunlight”.

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