(ABC-Australia) A key plank of the federal government’s foreign fighter laws has been struck down by the High Court, with the nation’s top judges ruling that suspected terrorists cannot be stripped of their citizenship by the home affairs minister.
The case before the court involved Delil Alexander, who was jailed in Syria after allegedly joining Islamic State.
He claimed he could not be released from jail because he had nowhere to go, after the Australian government stripped him of his citizenship in July 2021.
Mr Alexander left Australia for Turkey, where he also holds citizenship, in 2013.
He told his family he was going to arrange a marriage and would return, but travelled to Syria where he is thought to have joined Islamic State.
