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Farid Farid

Refugee freed of ankle cuff and curfew after court bid

Visa conditions have been relaxed for a freed man who spent seven years in immigration detention. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

A recently freed Sudanese refugee has been granted a new visa without an ankle monitor or curfew conditions after challenging the government's powers in the High Court.

RVJB, a 30-year-old refugee who escaped violence in Sudan with his family to Australia, was among about 150 detainees released after the court ruled in November that indefinite immigration detention was unlawful.

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