Dual national in Syrian prison launches high court challenge of Australian citizenship loss laws

Delil Alexander was suspected of foreign incursions and recruitment when his citizenship was cancelled but his lawyers argue this power should be reserved for a judge

Laws allowing the home affairs minister to cancel the Australian citizenship of a dual national suspected of terrorist activities are being challenged in the high court.

An urgent case was filed on Friday on behalf of a 34-year-old Turkish Australian currently imprisoned in Damascus, Syria, whose lawyers say is at “imminent danger of torture, serious bodily harm or death” after his Australian citizenship was stripped on 2 July.

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