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Australia secretly flies pregnant refugee out of country before hearing
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/16/australia-secretly-flies-pregnant-asylum-seeker-back-to-nauru-before-hearingGovernment uses chartered flight to get Somalian woman, who asked for an abortion after being raped, out of Australia as an injunction application is made
Australia secretly flies pregnant refugee out of country before hearing
Ben Doherty
Friday 16 October 2015 04.57 EDT
The federal government has secretly flown a pregnant refugee out of Australia to escape a court injunction, chartering a jet to take her back to Nauru and the detention centre where she was raped.
In an extraordinary effort that appears to be an attempt escape the reach of Australian courts, the government on Friday swiftly moved the 23-year-old Somalian, who is pregnant as a result of being raped on Nauru, from Villawood detention centre in Sydney.
The woman, known under the pseudonym Abyan, was raped by an unknown assailant in July.
Since her pregnancy has become known, she had been pleading with Australian authorities for weeks to be brought to Australia to terminate the pregnancy.
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Flying a refugee to Nauru in secret: is this any different to extraordinary rendition?
