Detainees articles
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Freed detainee accused of horrific grandmother assault
A federal minister has admitted the government is “deeply concerned” after a Perth grandmother was assaulted, allegedly by a recently freed immigration detainee during a violent home invasion. The man was one of three people arrested over the assault and robbery of 73-year-old Ninette Simmons earlier in April. Western Australian police allege the trio assaulted […]
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Ancestry digitizes names of WWII Japanese American detainees
LOS ANGELES >> The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II have been digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced today.
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PM slams prosecutors amid fallout over ex-detainee bail
The prime minister has been accused of passing the buck over a freed immigration detainee who was on bail when he allegedly assaulted a Perth grandmother. The released detainee, a 43-year-old man who was freed following a High Court ruling in November, was one of three people charged over the assault of Ninette Simmons and […]