This Refugee Reckons The Govt Detained Him In Melb Hotels Unlawfully He’s Suing Them For It

A refugee is suing the Commonwealth for damages on the grounds that imprisoning him in hotels was actually illegal due to a bureaucratic technicality — which has pretty huge implications for other asylum seekers still detained. Mostafa “Moz” Azimitabar

meanteffectively functioned as dark, mostly windowless prisons

This man @AzimiMoz was detained for a long time, but on release was straight into working for others with deep generosity and no bitterness… a truly extraordinary example for us all, I reckon. A good man, and an asset for the nation in the way refugees so often are. https://t.co/GtpMHjzyND

— Annabel Crabb (@annabelcrabb) June 23, 2022

The Guardian

“They just pointed at me [and said] ‘you don’t have rights, you are illegal, you are dangerous’.

“The way I received this kind of image from the politicians who locked me up there, it’s connected to trauma. They are hurting me with this.”

there’s no such thing as illegal asylum seekersDavid ColemanAlan Tudge

I have painted a self portrait with toothbrushes, coffee and some acrylic paints on a canvas 195 cm by 180 cm to submit for the Archibald Prize this year.

For 8 years in detention I was a number,
For 8 years I was called KNS088.https://t.co/Uj4g4TnCFO

Title : KNS088 pic.twitter.com/qj695zX3CF

— Moz (Mostafa Azimitabar) (@AzimiMoz) March 23, 2022

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