Iranian Embassy expresses concerns to Minister Dutton and Premier Berejiklian about Saeed’s life, safety and future in Australia. See letter from Consulate Section of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Hon Peter Dutton MP (Minister for Home Affairs) and The Hon Gladys Berejiklian (Premier of New South Wales).
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SAEED POWDER CASE ENDED Saeed Dezfouli was accused of sending 17 envelopes containing a letter and white powder to politicians, authorities and media organisations including the Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Channel 7 and SBS on January 26, 2019. This was a protest for being held indefinitely, and treated unfairly by Justice Health.
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“Free Saeed Dezfouli” Campaign “I am a patient with patients’ rights, an inmate with inmates’ rights and a human being with human rights. These rights have been fundamentally and severely violated by unprofessional and sadistic state government employees in the positions of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses and prison officers. They are required to go by the
1958 Saeed Dezfouli born in Iran. 1983 Migrated to Australia. Immediately began studying a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in political sciences. 1986 Saeed became a citizen of Australia, and began working as a court interpreter for the Ethnic Affairs Commission NSW, 2001 Throughout 2001, Saeed received death threats. Decided to take action, and thus warned
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Due to a request from the Mental Health Review Tribunal, the Justice Action team was forced to remove the names of persons related to the proceedings. Our plaintiff’s name has been replaced with ‘A’. This occurs despite the clear wishes of A to have his name publicised and the basic entitlement to freely and publicly
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Overview: Maintaining adequate connections with the outside world is an essential right for any patient isolated with limited human contact. Mental health patients are legally entitled to rehabilitative care and support, not punishment based treatment. Therefore to withhold visitation rights of a patient, which is an essential aspect of their social devolvement during the rehabilitative
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Overview: The right to a name is basic to being human, being of worth and having a place in society. Without a name you have no unique reference point for others to relate to. However in the mental health area this right is conditional on the permission of the Health authorities, as an expression of
Update – 20/12/2013: Supreme Court & High Court Appeals Two cases on consecutive days about Saeed! The Supreme Court looked at the legal power over the hospital, and the High Court looked at the same issue from an identical challenge almost exactly 3 years before. In the Supreme Court, Justice Lindsay listened to arguments all
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The power of the Mental Health Review Tribunal (MHRT) to control the treatment of patients by the hospital was considered for the first time at the hearing about Saeed Dezfouli held on the 20th September 2013. Judicial member Helen Morgan asked Saeed’s lawyer: “You say the Tribunal has that power?”[1] After hearing all arguments the Tribunal
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