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Dr Haneef has left Australia to be reunited with his wife and hold his daughter for the first time.
Free Dr Haneef blog sends out our best wishes and to Mohammed and his family.
Like I said all along, this case was a farce, and Dr Haneef deserves one huge apology from this government and in particular Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews.
Unfortunately Andrews is a bastard of the highest order, and refuses to revoke the cancellation of Dr Haneef's visa. Instead we hear from the Commonwealth Solicitor-General that Kevin Andrews acted "legally'. The Solicitor-General should have said "Andrews acted legally, but he got it completely wrong, and the anti-terror laws and sections of the immigration laws are hopelessly flawed, especially when idiots like Andrews and souless bastards like Ruddock hold key ministries".
The refusal to regrant Dr Haneef has five major implications.
1. Dr Haneef won't be allowed back into Australia.
2. Dr Haneef may be barred from other western countries because of his visa history.
3. If you listen carefully you can hear thousands of overseas professionals scatching "Australia" off their list of places they would like to work.
4. Many people will see the performance of Ruddock, Howard, and Andrews as discrimatory and a further examle of dog-whistle politicking.
5. Australia will continue to be seen as a country that punishes innocent people.
For the sake of the country Andrews should re-issue Dr Haneef's working visa and Howard should take responsibility for his ministers and offer an unconditional apology.
I won't be holding my breath.
Free Dr Haneef blog sends out our best wishes and to Mohammed and his family.
Like I said all along, this case was a farce, and Dr Haneef deserves one huge apology from this government and in particular Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews.
Unfortunately Andrews is a bastard of the highest order, and refuses to revoke the cancellation of Dr Haneef's visa. Instead we hear from the Commonwealth Solicitor-General that Kevin Andrews acted "legally'. The Solicitor-General should have said "Andrews acted legally, but he got it completely wrong, and the anti-terror laws and sections of the immigration laws are hopelessly flawed, especially when idiots like Andrews and souless bastards like Ruddock hold key ministries".
The refusal to regrant Dr Haneef has five major implications.
1. Dr Haneef won't be allowed back into Australia.
2. Dr Haneef may be barred from other western countries because of his visa history.
3. If you listen carefully you can hear thousands of overseas professionals scatching "Australia" off their list of places they would like to work.
4. Many people will see the performance of Ruddock, Howard, and Andrews as discrimatory and a further examle of dog-whistle politicking.
5. Australia will continue to be seen as a country that punishes innocent people.
For the sake of the country Andrews should re-issue Dr Haneef's working visa and Howard should take responsibility for his ministers and offer an unconditional apology.
I won't be holding my breath.
Friday, July 27, 2007
The charges have been dropped
Now can Kevin Andrews end his persecution of Dr Haneef by re-granting him a visa so he can get his life back together?
Let him know what you think.
Now can Kevin Andrews end his persecution of Dr Haneef by re-granting him a visa so he can get his life back together?
Let him know what you think.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Not much longer
News reports indicate the DPP will be reviewing the Haneef case.
And here is my tip on how things are going to go down.
* The DPP will be dropping the charges within a few weeks.
* The Howard government will piously claim they respect the decision and the seperation of powers.
* Kevin Andrews then has to make a choice. He either boots Dr Haneef out of the country thus punishing a person who has not been convicted. This of course makes the argument about respecting the courts decision slightly problematic. This course of action would also make recruiting overseas doctors even more difficult, but it will allow Howard and Co to portray themselves as champions of national security. Most people know this is a crock, but it may be an effective wedge.
Or Andrews could actually regrant Dr Haneef his visa, give him some suitable compensation and allow him to carry on serving Australia. This of course would mean admitting a mistake, something this government virtually never does.
In conclusion, it's a shit sandwhich, and I'm tipping Andrews is going to be the one feeding it to an innocent man.
And Rudd of course will do whatever the Liberal caucus decides.
On a positive note, there are numerous blogs solely set up to support Dr Haneef. This one certainly isn't the best, so for any Haneef related information please visit Free Haneef.
There is a pro-democracy, pro-justice, pro-Haneef rally in Melbourne on Aug 4 at 1pm at the state library. I hope it will be a celebration not an angry mob.
I'll be heading on back to Broken Left Leg where you can see a couple of my Youtube productions.
Thanks for your support.
Free
And here is my tip on how things are going to go down.
* The DPP will be dropping the charges within a few weeks.
* The Howard government will piously claim they respect the decision and the seperation of powers.
* Kevin Andrews then has to make a choice. He either boots Dr Haneef out of the country thus punishing a person who has not been convicted. This of course makes the argument about respecting the courts decision slightly problematic. This course of action would also make recruiting overseas doctors even more difficult, but it will allow Howard and Co to portray themselves as champions of national security. Most people know this is a crock, but it may be an effective wedge.
Or Andrews could actually regrant Dr Haneef his visa, give him some suitable compensation and allow him to carry on serving Australia. This of course would mean admitting a mistake, something this government virtually never does.
In conclusion, it's a shit sandwhich, and I'm tipping Andrews is going to be the one feeding it to an innocent man.
And Rudd of course will do whatever the Liberal caucus decides.
On a positive note, there are numerous blogs solely set up to support Dr Haneef. This one certainly isn't the best, so for any Haneef related information please visit Free Haneef.
There is a pro-democracy, pro-justice, pro-Haneef rally in Melbourne on Aug 4 at 1pm at the state library. I hope it will be a celebration not an angry mob.
I'll be heading on back to Broken Left Leg where you can see a couple of my Youtube productions.
Thanks for your support.
Free
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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