Australia condemned for indefinitely ‘locking up’ Iranian political dissident
by Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#69FNV)
Several family members of Mr A, from Iran's Ahwazi Arab community, have been killed by security forces during the Iranian uprising
A United Nations panel has called for the immediate release of an Iranian political dissident held in immigration detention by Australia for more than five years and has condemned his indefinite incarceration as arbitrary and unlawful.
The 42-year-old man, referred to by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention as Mr A, is a member of Iran's Ahwazi Arab community.
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