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Anti-abortionist Troy Newman fights Australia deportation US anti-abortionist Troy Newman loses Australia deportation fight
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US anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman is to launch a legal appeal against his deportation from Australia after he was detained on Thursday for entering the country without a visa. US anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman is to be deported from Australia after losing a high court appeal.
The case is to be heard by the High Court in Melbourne. Mr Newman was detained in Melbourne on Thursday after entering Australia without a visa.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said that Mr Newman has permission to stay in Australia until the court decides what to do with him. Australia had cancelled his visa while he was still in the US on the grounds that his presence in the country could incite violence.
The government argues his presence in the country could incite violence. Mr Newman has previously called for the execution of abortion doctors and said women who have abortions are murderers.
He is alleged to have called for the execution of abortion doctors and has said women who have abortions are murderers. On Friday, Justice Geoffrey Nettle in Melbourne ruled that the cancellation of Mr Newman's visa was justified, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Mr Newman, also known as Troy Newman-Mariotti, had his visa cancelled by Mr Dutton on Tuesday after allegations emerged that he had supported the killing of abortion doctors in a 2000 book. While Mr Newman may have had a case to challenge the cancellation, he should not have boarded a plane to Australia without a visa, said the judge.
But he managed to defy the ban by boarding a flight to Australia without a visa. "Acting as he did means he does not come to this court with clean hands," he said.
He arrived in Melbourne on Thursday morning and was detained by Australian Border Force staff. Mr Newman, also known as Troy Newman-Mariotti, had been due to speak at events run by the group Right to Life Australia.
His wife Mellissa - who is is reported to have a visa - is presenting his appeal to the high court. But he was prevented from boarding a connecting flight in the US city of Denver on Tuesday after Immigration Minister Peter Dutton cancelled his visa.
"I don't know what they're afraid of. I don't know what they think he's going to do here," she was quoted as saying by ABC News. It came after it emerged he had called in a 2000 book for doctors who perform abortions to face execution .
Mr Newman had been due to speak at events run by the group Right to Life Australia. His wife Mellissa had presented his appeal to the high court in Melbourne.
In a posting on Facebook ahead of his arrival in Melbourne, he said the decision to revoke his visa "was based on a pile of lies, including the idea that I promote violence." "I don't know what they're afraid of. I don't know what they think he's going to do here," she was quoted as saying earlier by ABC News.
'Pile of lies'
In a posting on Facebook ahead of his arrival in Melbourne, he said the decision to revoke his visa "was based on a pile of lies, including the idea that I promote violence".
"My 25-year history of peaceful, prayerful action speaks for itself," he said."My 25-year history of peaceful, prayerful action speaks for itself," he said.
Earlier this week, Australian Labor MP Terri Butler wrote to Australia's Mr Dutton to ask that Mr Newman's visa be denied, calling him an "anti-choice extremist".Earlier this week, Australian Labor MP Terri Butler wrote to Australia's Mr Dutton to ask that Mr Newman's visa be denied, calling him an "anti-choice extremist".
But the website for Mr Newman's organisation, Operation Rescue, insisted that "Newman has never advocated violence and in fact, urges pro-life activists to work within the governmental and legal system to accomplish change". But the website for Mr Newman's organisation, Operation Rescue, insisted that he "has never advocated violence and in fact, urges pro-life activists to work within the governmental and legal system to accomplish change".