2020/12/14 00:00
Bandesh celebrating his birthday with refugee rights advocate Craig Foster and his friends after his release. (Photo: Twitter/Farhad Bandesh)
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Farhad Bandesh, 40, a Kurdish musician and artist from Iranian Kurdistan’s Ilam province, was released last Friday by Australian authorities after spending seven and half years in detention.
Last Friday, Bandesh was released from immigration detention and was met by friends, including refugee advocate and former retired Australian soccer player Craig Foster and celebrated his birthday.
“After seven and a half years in detention – on Manus Island, in Preston’s Mantra Hotel and finally Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) – Mr Bandesh became a free man on his 40th birthday,” The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
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