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Titolo: Australia refuses to apologise to Indian doctor

Australia refuses to apologise to Indian doctor 
 
 
 
BRISBANE: Australia’s prime minister said Monday his government would not
apologize to an Indian doctor held for nearly a month on terror charges
that were dropped for lack of evidence.
Mohamed Haneef was reunited with his wife and newborn daughter in his
hometown of Bangalore, India over the weekend after spending 25 days in
Australian jail on a charge of supporting last month’s failed attacks on
London and Glasgow, Scotland.
The 27-year-old doctor was allowed to return home after the nation’s top
prosecutor on Friday dropped the charge because of a lack of evidence. But
the immigration minister said he would not reverse his earlier decision to
revoke Haneef’s working visa.
Defense lawyer Peter Russo said Monday he still had plans to appeal the
minister’s decision to strip Haneef of his visa in the Federal Court on
Aug. 8. He also indicated that Haneef may be planning to sue the
Australian government, and suggested officials should consider issuing an
apology.
“He is not expecting one (an apology) but I guess if the people who are in
line for being sued want to mitigate their losses they might want to think
about apologies,” he told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio from
India. Prime Minister John Howard shrugged off the suggestion.
“Australia will not be apologizing to Dr. Haneef,” Howard told reporters
in Sydney. “Dr. Haneef was not victimized and Australia’s international
reputation has not been harmed by this ’mis-start’ to its new
anti-terrorism laws.”
Haneef had been charged with providing reckless support to a terrorist
organization because he gave his cell phone SIM card to one of his second
cousins, Sabeel Ahmed, when he left Britain in July last year.
British police have charged Ahmed, 26, with withholding information that
could have prevented an act of terrorism. His brother, Kafeel Ahmed, is
believed to have set himself ablaze after crashing an explosives-laden
Jeep into Glasgow Airport in Scotland and remains in hospital with
critical burns.
Meanwhile, Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said he was standing by his
decision to strip Haneef of his visa, saying he relied on secret police
information that would be revealed when the case goes to court.
“The cancellation of the visa was on character grounds, and what the
legislation provides is that there is a reasonable suspicion ... this man
has had associations with people engaged in criminal conduct,” he told ABC
radio. “Hopefully when people see the further information ... they’ll be
able to see that there are more circumstances which haven’t been made
available to them to date.” 
 
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