His brother, Kokulan, and Alison Battisson of "Human Rights For All" talk to Kulasegaram Sanchayan about Kumar's plight and why he should be set free.
“Kumar is a genuine refugee”
Source: SBS Tamil
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) called for the immediate release of a Tamil asylum seeker (Kumar – not his real name) held in Australia’s detention centre network in May 2019. Kumar has been released from the detention centre but held in community detention.
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