UN condemns Australia for expelling Sheikh Mansour Leghaei to Iran

By Rick Feneley
Updated May 1 2015 - 7:08am, first published 6:55am
Sheikh Leghaei's three sons Sadegh, Ali and Reza. Their father was expelled from Australia as a suspected spy. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Sheikh Leghaei's three sons Sadegh, Ali and Reza. Their father was expelled from Australia as a suspected spy. Photo: Louise Kennerley

Australia violated the human rights of an Iranian sheikh and his family when it expelled him without adequately explaining why ASIO suspected him of being a threat to national security, a United Nations committee has ruled.

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