{"id":7399,"date":"2017-05-11T12:07:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=7399"},"modified":"2017-05-11T12:07:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:07:30","slug":"sayed-abdellatif-interpol-review-status-egyptian-asylum-seeker-held-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/05\/11\/sayed-abdellatif-interpol-review-status-egyptian-asylum-seeker-held-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sayed Abdellatif: Interpol to review status of Egyptian asylum seeker held in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Egyptian asylum seeker held in Australian immigration detention for five years without charge or trial, on the basis of information obtained under torture, is having his Interpol Red Notice reviewed by the global policing agency.\u00a0 On 11 May 2012, Sayed Abdellatif arrived in Australia by boat with his wife and six children. All claimed asylum and have been assessed by the Australian government as having a prima facie legitimate claim to refugee status<\/a>.\u00a0 Abdellatif remains in Villawood detention centre \u2013 the rest of the family are in community detention, without valid visas and subject to curfews and conditions, but free to move in the wider community.<\/p>\n

An Interpol Red Notice from Egypt<\/a> in Abdellatif\u2019s name \u2013 years ago exposed as erroneous \u2013 has stalled his claim for protection.<\/p>\n

From Villawood\u2019s high-security Hotham wing, Abdellatif told Guardian Australia that half a decade of indefinite detention \u2013 without charge, trial, or any suggestion of an ending \u2013 had torn at the fabric of his family and damaged his mental and physical health.<\/p>\n