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Mibenge Nsenduluka

Forced adoption victim calls for justice

Tricia Lester says she's still haunted by pain and regret over the forced removal of her child. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Fifty years after her newborn son was taken against her will and put up for adoption, Tricia Lester still struggles with the deep sense of loss.

When she gave birth to her only child in Melbourne in 1972, she was 18 and unmarried, which the Victorian government deemed to be grounds for its cruel practice of forced removal.

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