Thursday, July 08, 2004

Australian Herald Sun: Bakhtiari boys take on Straw [07jul04]

Herald Sun: Bakhtiari boys take on Straw [07jul04]: "Bakhtiari boys take on Straw
From correspondents in London
07jul04

TWO boys who escaped from the Woomera detention centre and were refused asylum at the British Consulate in Melbourne have mounted a legal challenge against Britain's foreign secretary.

Alamdar and Muntazar Bakhtiari claim Foreign Secretary Jack Straw breached their human rights when they were turned away from the consulate while on the run in 2002.
They had sought asylum there after joining a mass break-out from the outback detention facility"