Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Australia : Detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island ruled illegal by Papua New Guinea’s Supreme court

AUSTRALIA’S detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island has been ruled as illegal by a Papua New Guinea Supreme Court.


The court ruled the detention breached the right to personal liberty in the PNG constitution.

The Supreme Court’s ruling means refugees and asylum-seekers are being illegally detained on Manus Island.

  • The decision handed down today means the Manus Island detention centre must be shut down, according to Loani Henao, counsel for the PNG opposition leader.
  • “It effectively means both governments must take steps to effectively shut down the Manus Island detention centre,” he told Sky News.

Earlier today, former immigration minister Scott Morrison said the case of an Iranian asylum seeker who died after developing a leg infection while in detention on the island was upsetting.

  • Doctors have labelled a bureaucratic delay to transfer Hamid Khazaei from Manus Island as pathetic, after he suffered three heart attacks before he was finally evacuated to Brisbane’s Mater Hospital where he later died in 2014.

“It was a very upsetting case at the time. There are a lot of factors there and I’ll let the coroner do their job,” Mr Morrison told ABC radio.
 [news.com.au]
26/4/16
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