The Refugee Action Coalition has welcomed the news that Iranian hunger striker, Saeed Hansonloo, has ended his hunger strike.<\/p>\n
Now the Minister must release Saeed, his brother and the 40-odd other Iranians being held in indefinite detention.<\/p>\n
Despite the Minister\u2019s public comments, Saeed\u2019s case has not been finalized. The Department initiated a \u201cInternational Treaty Obligations Assessment\u201d process in January this year.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of others in a similar situation are living in the community on bridging visas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Minister has to explain why Saeed and his brother were not released on bridging visas,\u201d said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeter Dutton has assiduously avoided explaining why he didn\u2019t do the obvious. Saeed and his brother were living in the community on bridging visas until 2012.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwice this year, Iranian asylum seekers have come close to dying in detention. The Minister is completely blinkered by domestic politics. Unless Peter Dutton releases Saeed and the others, it is only a matter of time before this happens again. Some of the Iranians in Darwin, in a similar situation to Saeed, have now been re-detained for nine months. The government\u2019s policy is senseless.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe responsibility still lies with the Minister. He can do nothing and wait for the next crisis, and waste more lives and money, or he can do the sensible and decent thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more information, contact Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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