Immigration minister lifts ankle bracelet and curfew conditions for two ex-detainees suing Australian government

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Andrew Giles eases visa conditions for at least two of the three people challenging new rules in high court

The immigration minister, Andrew Giles, has quietly lifted the ankle bracelet and curfew conditions from at least two of the three people released from detention who are challenging tough new visa rules in the high court.

Guardian Australia understands that Giles has exempted a Chinese asylum seeker known as S151 and an Afghan refugee known as AUK15 from the conditions, a move that could thwart their attempts to expedite cases against draconian emergency legislation passed after the ruling that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.

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