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If only other detainees have the same option and visibility!

GianFabien 5y ago
Unfortunately legal representation is bought by six figure fees. Lawyers are simply mercenaries for hire by whomever will pay sufficiently well to get them out of bed on a Sunday morning to argue a case. Unfortunately public defenders and pro-bono human rights advocates are not as motivated.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
  > Unfortunately public defenders and pro-bono human rights advocates are not as motivated. I think this kind of sweeping generalization is unfair. I've seen many who were very motivated. The fact that legal proceedings take long does not have much to do with the availability of the lawyers. If a case proceeds quickly, it's almost always because of political pressure.
HelloNurse 5y ago
I've seen on TV an immigrant from Iran who's been jailed in the same hotel as Djokovic for several years. Letting him go is probably lenient for Australian standards.
- marsa 5y ago
  i'm guessing the long-term detainees there are seeking (political?) asylum, and while australia is reluctant to grant them one, they also recognize that deporting them could cause harm to those individuals which would ultimately reflect poorly on australia's human rights track record. so they end up in this limbo as a compromise.
  - pan69 5y ago
    If I'm not mistaken, the individual who has spend many years (was it 9 years?) in detention is classified as a genuine refugee, however, he came to Australia by boat and the Australian policy is that boat refugees will never settle in Australia. As I understand it, he has applied for a refugee visa to the US and while his application is being processed, he's in limbo. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/everyone-asks-about-novak-but-mehdi-has-languished-for-nine-years-in-australian-immigration-detention https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/everyone-asks-...
    - marsa 5y ago
      thank you for providing the details of this specific case. that's such a bizarre policy. descendants of people who arrived by boat and settled in australia hundreds of years ago deciding that such behavior is unacceptable. do you happen to know what the rationale for this policy is?

Unfortunately legal representation is bought by six figure fees. Lawyers are simply mercenaries for hire by whomever will pay sufficiently well to get them out of bed on a Sunday morning to argue a case. Unfortunately public defenders and pro-bono human rights advocates are not as motivated.

hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
> Unfortunately public defenders and pro-bono human rights advocates are not as motivated. I think this kind of sweeping generalization is unfair. I've seen many who were very motivated. The fact that legal proceedings take long does not have much to do with the availability of the lawyers. If a case proceeds quickly, it's almost always because of political pressure.

HelloNurse 5y ago

I've seen on TV an immigrant from Iran who's been jailed in the same hotel as Djokovic for several years. Letting him go is probably lenient for Australian standards.

marsa 5y ago
i'm guessing the long-term detainees there are seeking (political?) asylum, and while australia is reluctant to grant them one, they also recognize that deporting them could cause harm to those individuals which would ultimately reflect poorly on australia's human rights track record. so they end up in this limbo as a compromise.
- pan69 5y ago
  If I'm not mistaken, the individual who has spend many years (was it 9 years?) in detention is classified as a genuine refugee, however, he came to Australia by boat and the Australian policy is that boat refugees will never settle in Australia. As I understand it, he has applied for a refugee visa to the US and while his application is being processed, he's in limbo. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/everyone-asks-about-novak-but-mehdi-has-languished-for-nine-years-in-australian-immigration-detention https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/everyone-asks-...
  - marsa 5y ago
    thank you for providing the details of this specific case. that's such a bizarre policy. descendants of people who arrived by boat and settled in australia hundreds of years ago deciding that such behavior is unacceptable. do you happen to know what the rationale for this policy is?