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Australia’s use of hotels as detention centres was unlawful, refugee’s lawyer argues in appeal

Federal court hears appeal after finding Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar’s Melbourne detention ‘lacked ordinary human decency’ but did not breach law

The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2024

Refugee hotel detention lawful but lacks humanity

Australia's use of hotels as makeshift detention centres for asylum seekers and refugees awaiting medical treatment is lawful but lacks humanity, a court finds.

AAP · Jul 6, 2023

Australian government’s detention of a refugee in Melbourne hotels ruled legal by court

Justice Bernard Murphy dismisses Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar’s application but delivers scathing rebuke of hotel detention policy

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2023

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Cal Wilson portrait wins packing room prize at 2023 Archibalds

Comedian ‘has not stopped beaming’ since learning Andrea Huelin’s portrayal of her in an elaborate headdress has claimed category decided by gallery staff

The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2023

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

A bureaucratic technicality could have huge implications for refugees detained in Melbourne hotels.

Pedestrian.tv · Jul 19, 2022

‘Dreaming of sunlight’: federal court to hear refugee’s claim of unlawful imprisonment in Melbourne hotel detention

Mostafa Azimitabar was held in immigration detention for 15 months in Melbourne’s Park and Mantra hotels

The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2022

Painted with coffee and toothbrushes: Kurdish refugees enter the Archibald prize

Mostafa Azimitabar and Farhad Bandesh spent eight years in detention after fleeing war-torn homelands. Now they are vying for a $100,000 prize

The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2022

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