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A petition on Change.org has called for Ms Safavi to be deported and has gained more than 80,000 signatures in just under a month. ‘Australia must not become a safe haven for those connected to regimes responsible for brutal repression and human suffering,’ the organiser wrote. ‘We, as concerned members of the global community and supporters of human rights, call on the Australian government to conduct a thorough, lawful, and transparent review of the residency status of Hanieh Sadat Safavi and similar individuals.
This is not a call for discrimination, but a demand for accountability, due diligence, and respect for the values Australia stands for.’ Suren Edgar, 42, who moved to Australia from in 2014, says there has been a lack of government transparency over Ms Safavi’s presence in the country. ‘It was shocking,’ Mr Edgar, a father and vice president of the Australian Community Alliance (AICA), told Daily Mail on Thursday.
