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High Court reporter Elizabeth Byrne and political reporter Matthew Doran

Man suspected of joining Islamic State wins High Court challenge against government decision to strip him of his citizenship

Delil Alexander claimed he could not be released from a Syrian jail because he had nowhere to go after the Australian government stripped him of his citizenship. (ABC News: Nic MacBean)

A key plank of the federal government's foreign fighter laws has been struck down by the High Court, with the nation's top judges ruling that suspected terrorists cannot be stripped of their citizenship by the Home Affairs Minister.

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