Neighbor describes events leading up to Independence police shooting
Harry Sappington lives right behind the home where the fatal shooting took place.
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Harry Sappington lives right behind the home where the fatal shooting took place.
The full bench of the Federal Court is set to hear Moz Azimitabar’s appeal against the 2023 Federal Court decision that Alternative Places of Detention (APODs) are lawful under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).
Kurdish refugee Mostafa Azimitabar brought a landmark legal challenge against the federal government over the use of hotels in Australia to detain refugees and asylum seekers. Here's the backstory to how the case began.
The Federal Court in Melbourne is set to hand down a verdict into whether Mostafa Azimitabar's hotel detention was illegal under the Migration Act.
In mid-2022, the Australian Human Rights Commission conducted inspections, interviews and consultations to monitor the human rights of people detained in hotel Alternative Places of Detention (APODs) in Melbourne and Brisbane. This report describes the living conditions within hotel APODs and provides an assessment of the human rights impacts.