Emeralds was in court to seek a protection order against an immigration detention center supervisor who he accused of bullying.
“Ned’s case is kind of like an exploration of all of the Kafkaesque aspects of Australia’s immigration detention and asylum regimes,” Verma said.
Escape from IranThe man who adopted the name Ned Kelly Emeralds, in homage to the famous Australian bushranger, fled Iran in July 2013.
Iranian asylum seeker Ned Kelly Emeralds has been mute for almost a decade and writes or texts to communicate.
Gemma Baseley is among a group of supporters who regularly visit Ned Kelly Emeralds in detention.
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