Dr Haneef on the way back to Bangalore

Dr Haneef left Australia earlier this evening for Bangalore with his lawyer Peter Russo. Immigration officials gave him the all-clear to leave earlier today. They did not, however, restore his visa. Kevin Andrews is still stubbornly hanging on to the same old line. Dr Haneef has not, however, been deported.

Charges against Dr Haneef dropped, but deportation still a real possibility.

The charges against Dr Haneef have been dropped. Mick Keelty and Mr Bugg of the DPP have indicated that they will not be proceeding with the prosecution case against Dr Haneef. They did say, however, that the standard of proof that is needed for a satisfactory prosecution is quite different to that required by the Minister of Immigration in determining visa status under section 501 of the Migration Act.

 This means that deportation is still quite a significant possibility in the very short term.

Supporters and Friends of Dr Haneef – please do what you can to lobby Government to support Dr Haneef and ensure that his visa is restored. The temptation for the Government to wash their hands of him and simply deport him out of the way will be massive and the future implications for Dr Haneef’s freedom immeasureable.

 Dr Haneef and his family have clearly stated that they want to clear his name totally. Please help stop the deportation!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/27/1990249.htm

Melbourne Rally to support Dr Haneef – 4th August

JUSTICE FOR DR HANEEF!

RESTORE HIS VISA!

           

Rally Saturday 4th August

1pm Victorian State Library

Corner Swanston and LaTrobe Sts

Melbourne

 

Civil Rights Defence 0407.856.628

Is Dr Haneef elegible for a bridging visa?

I read with interest the article outlining the Australian Law Council’s call for Dr Haneef to be issued with a bridging visa. I note from the recently released ‘decision’ document that Dr Haneef’s visa was cancelled under section 501.3 of the 1958 Migration Act.

The following document: http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1024i.pdf is a government document outlining the different types of bridging visa available. (see the section regarding Bridging Visa E at the top of page two).

Unless I am very much mistaken the only visa available to Dr Haneef is the Bridging Visa E (BVE), however the fact that his prior visa was cancelled under section 501 of the 1958 Migration Act does not allow him to be considered for a Bridging Visa E.

Anyone else have a different take on this?

Domestic and International day of protest – August 8th 2007

August 8th 2007 is being targeted as an international day of protest against the revocation of Dr Mohamed Haneef’s visa.

This day coincides with Dr Haneefs appeal to the Federal Government

Watch this space for updates and activities in your local area…

New Mailing list

A new mailing list has been created to assist with coordination of supporters for Dr Haneef. If you wish to show your support for Dr Haneef, please subscribe to this mailing list by visiting http://www.hearmymessage.com/mailman/listinfo/friendsofdrhaneef_hearmymessage.com or sending a subscription request email.

Thanks.

The more members, the merrier!

The growing mess of the Dr Haneef case…

The case surrounding Dr Haneef is becoming more of a mess each day. The media is quick to jump to conclusions without checking its facts and the Federal Government simply wants him deported and out of the way. In the meantime the object of this chaos is sitting in a maximum security cell at Wolston. For what? Giving a SIM card to a distant cousin? If the Federal police have any other evidence against him, why hasn’t he been charged with something more substantial? If the only contact Dr Haneef had with Sabile Ahmed for over a year was infrequent chats over instant messaging, how can he be expected to be aware of criminal activities that this guy was involved in? I regularly chat with people I don’t even know. How can I be expected to know what activities these people are involved in? Is this considered association?

Send a letter of encouragement to Dr Haneef

Dr Haneef has, by now, arrived in Bangalore and is safe with his friends and family there.

Information on his current address is not available.

It is possible that he can be reached through his lawyers:

RYAN & BOSSCHER Lawyers
RYAN & BOSSCHER House
331 George Street
Brisbane Queensland 4000

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Dr Haneef is currently in the Wolston Correctional Centre, Queensland. Wolston is a maximum security prison housing 600 inmates. I believe that he is allowed visits from his laywers and possibly direct family members, but media and prison support organisations are excluded under the provisions of the 2005 Anti-Terrorism Act. Communications directly with Wolston have revealed that Dr Haneef is allowed to receive mail.He can be reached by sending a letter to:

Wolston Correctional Centre
Locked Bag 2000
Richlands
QLD 4077

Contact Kevin Andrews

Contact Kevin Andrews, Minister for Immigration, and express your concern at the way that Dr Haneef has been treated.

Ask that Kevin Andrews reconsiders his decision to revoke the visas of Mohamed Haneef and Firdous Arshiya.

http://www.kevinandrews.au.com/index.cfm?act=contact

http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/

Background to the case…

Dr Mohammad Haneef is a Senior House Officer, employed by the Gold Coast Health Service in Southport, Queensland, Australia. He was arrested on the 2nd July 2007 at Brisbane airport while attempting to board a plane to India to see his wife and newborn daughter. Dr Haneef was detained for the alleged offence of “providing support to a terrorist organisation” under the 2005 Anti-Terrorism Act. On 14th July 2007, Dr Haneef was formally charged with the offence of “intentionally providing resources to a terrorist organisation, consisting of persons including Sabeel Ahmed and Kafeel Ahmed, being reckless as to whether the organisation was a terrorist organisation, contrary to section 102.7 Criminal Code Act 1995″. Sabeel Ahmed and Kafeel Ahmad are persons of interest relating to the recent bombing of Glasgow Airport and the attempted bombing of a nightclub in London.

Prior to coming to Australia, Dr Haneef had worked in a hospital in the UK with Dr Sabeel Ahmad and upon leaving the UK had given Sabeel Ahmad his mobile phone SIM card. The SIM card was later found in the car involved in the Glasgow bombing.

 Since being charged, Dr Haneef was granted bail by the presiding magistrate. Upon receiving bail, the Department of Immigration, (specifically the Minister for Immigration, Kevin Andrews MP) cancelled his visa on the grounds that he failed the ‘character test’.

 Dr Haneef is currently residing in the Woolston Correctional Centre outside Brisbane while awaiting trial having declined to pay his bond surety and thereby avoiding a stay in the nearest immigration detention centre – most likely Villawood, near Sydney.