Dr. Haneef Case Study
Dr Haneef's case shows in a very unambiguous way, that the Australian Migration Act needs reform and the Anti-Terror laws requires complete review.
A good online resource regarding Dr. Haneef's case can be found here.
There are many legal as well as civil liberties issues that ought to be discussed and we shall do it in this section.
Update on Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 14:29 by
Afroz Ali
The full bench of the Federal Court has upheld the decision that Dr. Haneef is innocent of all charges laid against him by the then Australian Federal Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews.
There are two triumps for truth in this whole saga:
- The justice of the Australian court system, and we should applaud it;
- The ruthless dishonesty and incompetence of the previous Liberal government, and we should pray that we never to return to that.



Reader Comments (1)
Looking forward to your thoughts on this, Imam Afroz. I would also like to know what you think are the ways to deal with terror, particularly in the context of where governments seek to safeguard its citizens and in doing so, getting it wrong.