The validity of an Australian law used to detain 157 Tamil asylum seekers at sea in June will be under the spotlight in the High Court in Canberra today. The group, which included 50 children, set out from Pondicherry in India after fleeing Sri Lanka some time earlier. They were intercepted at sea and taken aboard the Australian Customs ship the Oceanic Protector. Lawyers for the 157 Tamils, now held in Nauru detention Read More
