Lawyer urges court to discontinue proceedings in case of ‘stateless person’ Danyal Shafiq

After more than seven years in detention then immigration minister, Kevin Andrews, granted Shafiq a removal pending bridging visa – meaning he was released but under constant threat of deportation. Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

Almost a quarter of a century after Danyal Shafiq fled Bangladesh to seek safety in Australia, and six months after he died, the battle to seek justice for him has entered its final stage.

Shafiq was raised in an orphanage and unwittingly drafted to work for armed revolutionaries when he was 15, according to statements given to the United Nations human rights committee.