Refugee Sayed Abdellatif freed after almost 12 years in Australian immigration detention
Abdellatif released to join family after years of struggling to overturn denial of visa as a result of being convicted in Egyptian trial that used evidence obtained under torture
July 2023
Egyptian refugee Sayed Abdellatif cleared as security threat by Asio, but still detained after 11 years
Abdellatif remains in Australian immigration detention, where he has been held for a decade thanks to security assessments tainted by evidence obtained under torture
March 2023
Egyptian refugee faces indefinite detention after Asio said it has ‘classified information’ showing he is security risk
Australian spy agency tells court it can’t share information with Sayed Abdellatif, who denies allegations
October 2022
Spy agency Asio ‘acquiesced in the use of torture’ when detaining Egyptian refugee, court told
Sayed Abdellatif has been held in immigration detention since 2012 after being convicted of terrorism offences in Cairo in a discredited trial
February 2018
Sayed Abdellatif: hope for asylum seeker after removal from Interpol list
Egyptian detained in Australia for six years on the basis of a show trial says government should ‘bring an end to injustice’ by releasing him
May 2017
Sayed Abdellatif: Interpol to review status of Egyptian asylum seeker held in Australia
Interpol Red Notice from Egypt in Abdellatif’s name, which had been exposed as erroneous, stalled his claim for protection
November 2016
Australian government concedes evidence against asylum seeker was obtained by torture
Exclusive: Sayed Abdellatif is still held in detention in Sydney even though immigration minister Peter Dutton was briefed 18 months ago that evidence used in Egypt to convict him was discredited
December 2015
Sayed Abdellatif: human rights groups press government to end detention
Amnesty says the only reason the Egyptian asylum seeker and his family remain in detention is to avoid political embarrassment
Sayed Abdellatif’s daughters realise HSC dream but have university hopes dashed
Continuing detention for the Egyptian asylum seeker’s two girls – the first Villawood pupils to finish high school – makes further education impossible
Australia's shameful treatment of Sayed Abdellatif
Richard Ackland
For Sayed Abdellatif, the mental scars of detention add insult to injury
UN called for asylum seeker Sayed Abdellatif's release six months ago
February 2015
Sayed Abdellatif: asylum seeker trapped in detention by callous disregard
This man and his family remain locked in Australia’s detention system, despite recommendation from immigration department to grant visa
Sayed Abdellatif's Egyptian lawyer holds little hope for retrial
The Egyptian asylum seeker, and his family, languish in indefinite detention in Sydney based on his convictions handed down in absentia in 1999
Sayed Abdellatif and his extraordinary detention in Australian immigration
Morrison defied advice in denying Sayed Abdellatif chance to apply for visa
Revealed: indefinite detention of asylum seeker is based on conviction secured by torture
Inspector general of intelligence and security slams communications breakdown between immigration officials, Asio and AFP in case of Egyptian asylum seeker
September 2013
Sayed Abdellatif inquiry will report to Tony Abbott, who called him a 'jihadist'
Findings of Julia Gillard-ordered investigation of asylum seeker will go to PM, who can decide whether to make them public
June 2013
Tony Abbott defends calling Sayed Adbellatif a 'convicted jihadi terrorist'
The opposition leader claims his language in reference to Egyptian asylum seeker was reasonable
