He went to Australia from France instead of England for "English lessons"? More here than the press is saying.
-Bruce _____ Frenchman interrogated for days in secret February 15, 2005 - 10:57AM Sydney Morning Herald A French national has reportedly been held by immigration authorities without diplomatic representation and questioned for several days in Sydney. ABC radio says the Australian government has since paid Mohamadou Sacko $25,000 compensation over the incident. The ABC says Mr Sacko was detained after arriving at Sydney airport 18 months ago to start an English course. Mr Sacko says he was taken to Villawood Detention Centre where he received no consular access, and was asked to sing the French national anthem to prove his nationality. He's told the ABC there was a scratch on his passport photo and immigration officials accused him of carrying a fake document. Immigration officials say the terms of the compensation agreement can't be disclosed for legal reasons. The French consulate says it's lodged a formal complaint about Mr SACKO's treatment and the fact it wasn't alerted to Mr Sacko's detention. It says it's still waiting for a response. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
