Scott Parkin and Iraqi Asylum Seeker win court victory
by davey Friday November 03, 2006 at 09:08 PM

In a huge victory - Scott Parkin and two Iraqi asylum seekers have won the right to view their negative ASIO security assessments in the Federal Court. The decision will expose the governments bogus attempts to link peace activism and asylum seekers with terrorism.

Scott Parkin was deported last year as a "national security threat" after he toured the country promoting non-violent civil disobedience. ASIO and the government refused to release the contents of his security assessment.

Similarly two Iraqi asylum seekers have languished on Nauru for five years again because of a secret ASIO security assessment. One of the asulum seekers remains on Nauru whilst the other has cracked up and is now in a psychiatric instition on the mainland. They too now have the right to see the secret accusations made against them.

The government is considering its a options and one can predict that Ruddock and co will appeal to the High Court but for today at least a light of democracy has broken through the fog oppresive security legislation.

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1780641.htm

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