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".... To hold that the Executive can act outside Australia's borders in a way that it cannot lawfully act within Australia would stand legal principle on its head. -- Hayne J & Bell J, s169/2015 [#13]"

Friends, the legal, political and social implications for Australian government's vile practice of offshore processing have still been unfolding. In connection with Bomana prisoners, I am looking back into details of the circumstances since 2012 about how the conflict over processing of asylum applications had been arisen between the government and these asylum-seekers. As you well know, this group of asylum-seekers (Bomana53#) in PNG had insisted that their application be considered under the Australian Laws.

re: Humanitarian Resettlement for refugees on Manus Island of Papua New Guinea

(i). Shared on this note is a case of slavery which runs parallel to that of Wei Tang (AUS, 2008) [#2]. In this case, the hotel owner Joel Pierce was charged for peonage (debt-bondage), holding involuntary to women working at his Lone Star Club roadhouse in Georgia. Peonage is classified as a form of slavery (involuntary servitude). The narratives of the case and the judgment are quite readable, for which I've forwarded here to enhance our understanding about the nature of the deprivation of personal liberty in slavery cases.

Friends, at Xmas Season last year (2017), I've said the LNP Government had thrown at us with two packets of lies. On which, I have noted:

Friends, there had been so many unnecessary deaths on the offshore detention centres [#1]. I am very concerned about the welfare of those detained/enslaved asylum-seekers on Manus Island and Nauru. So therefore, I had written a request letter in December to the International Committee of Red Cross to intervene on the situation [#2]. I ask you to please help write/fax/email to ICRC to evacuate those asylum-seekers on Manus Island and Nauru.

To all friends, in particular, those who have been following closely on our cause re ICC, I would like to draw your attention, especially, to this document prepared by Professor Kai Ambos, explaining the modes of individual criminal liability in large-scale political crimes [#1], such as the Crime Against Humanity. I am aware that most of us are being novice and layman with respect to Law etc.. (myself, not a lawyer); and I therefore apologize putting you through such a difficult-to-read document.

Urgency on Offshore Situation: Friends, recent events on Manus Island stand-off have demonstrated the government's lack of political will to solve the offshore refugee issues. The government's decision last week to suspend the sittings of House of Representative has been another point in this case. We know that the Senate had instructed -- thanks to the Greens -- the government to implement certain NZ resettlement transfers for some refugees. The government suspending the House of Representatives may have thwarted the possibility for a similar motion to be passed by Australian Parliament.