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Eugene

(61,900 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:35 AM Apr 2016

PNG court rules Australia's Manus detention centre unconstitutional

Source: BBC

Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of asylum seekers and refugees on Manus Island is unconstitutional.

Australia sends asylum seekers to the Manus Island detention centre under its offshore processing policy.

But the five judges on the Supreme Court's bench ruled the camp breached section 42 of the constitution, which guarantees personal liberty.

The court said "all steps" should be taken to end the "illegal" detention.

Currently around 850 men are held on the island, around half of whom have been judged genuine refugees.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-36136629

26 April 2016 Australia

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PNG court rules Australia's Manus detention centre unconstitutional (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2016 OP

Couldn't hurt . . . curiouso Apr 2016 #1

Manus Island detention centre to close, Papua New Guinea prime minister says Eugene Apr 2016 #2

curiouso

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1. Couldn't hurt . . .

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:19 AM

Apr 2016

Perhaps we should ask the New Guinea Supreme Court to rule on the legality of Guantanamo.

Eugene

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2. Manus Island detention centre to close, Papua New Guinea prime minister says

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:07 AM

Apr 2016

Source: The Guardian

Manus Island detention centre to close, Papua New Guinea prime minister says

Australian government will be asked to make alternative arrangements
after supreme court ruled detention regime was unconstitutional

Helen Davidson and Ben Doherty
Wednesday 27 April 2016 07.12 BST

The Manus Island immigration detention will close, and Australia must make new arrangements for the 850 asylum seeker and refugee men held there, the PNG prime minister, Peter O’Neill, has announced.

O’Neill’s announcement follows a ruling by the PNG supreme court on Tuesday that the detention of asylum seekers and refugees was illegal and unconstitutional, and it ordered the governments of Australia and PNG to immediately move to end the practise.

“Respecting this ruling, Papua New Guinea will immediately ask the Australian government to make alternative arrangements for the asylum seekers currently held at the regional processing centre,” O’Neill said.

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