Win for Albanese government as high court rules indefinite detention legal in non-cooperation cases
by Paul Karp and Luca Ittimani from World news | The Guardian on (#6MPPB)
High court dismisses challenge from Iranian asylum seeker, ruling that detention is lawful if non-citizens refuse to cooperate in deportation process
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Labor has won a major victory in the high court over the indefinite detention of non-citizens who refuse to cooperate with removal, but the win has put further in doubt its push for new deportation powers.
On Friday, the high court ruled detention is lawful in the case of ASF17, an Iranian asylum seeker who refused to cooperate with efforts to deport him because he fears for his life" because he is bisexual, Christian and a Faili Kurd.
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