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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus, Nino Bucci and Paul Karp

Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika could be released after winning high court battle for Australian citizenship

Abdul Nacer Benbrika in 2005
The high court found in Abdul Nacer Benbrika’s favour on Wednesday, and ruled that section 36D of the Citizenship Act is invalid Photograph: AP

Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika could be released from prison in the next eight weeks after he successfully appealed against the stripping of his Australian citizenship in the high court.

The decision of a majority of the court on Wednesday struck down another part of Coalition-era powers, following a similar ruling in June 2022 that found suspected terrorists cannot be punished by ministers removing their citizenship.

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