Djokovic begins 4th day in Australian detention as legal hearing looms

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SYDNEY: Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic on Sunday (Jan 9) began his fourth day in immigration detention as Australian authorities finalised a legal defence explaining their decision to cancel

The Serbian sports superstar was hoping to win his 21st Grand Slam at the Australian Open later this month, but has, instead of training, been confined to a hotel used to accommodate asylum seekers. He is challenging a decision to cancel his visa after being stopped on arrival at Melbourne Airport early on Thursday.

A vocal opponent of vaccine mandates, Djokovic had declined to reveal his vaccination status or reason for seeking a medical exemption for sidestepping Australia's vaccine rules.

Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt, asked about the Djokovic furore at a media conference on Sunday, declined to comment since it was before the court, but noted that several other people involved in the tournament had their visas revoked., who was detained in the same detention hotel as Djokovic and had her visa revoked after issues with her vaccine exemption, left the country without challenging her status, the Czech Foreign Ministry said.

 

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This is the most time-wasting resource-wasting ever

Big deal no. 1 bring it to your grave

Kangaroo law.

Sabotage.

That's what LIARS deserve.

he thinks breaching sovereign borders is his absolute right. entitlement.

This is horrible. 8s this how Australia treats a world class tennis player?

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