A suspected Australian ISIS terrorist has had his Australian citizenship returned after the High Court ruled that the government could not revoke a person’s citizenship if they are accused of terrorism-related conduct overseas.
The ruling is expected to pave the way for up to 20 other convicted or suspected ISIS fighters to have their citizenship effectively reinstated.
Australian-Turkish man Delil Alexander, 35, won his appeal against a government’s decision to cancel his citizenship in 2021.
Alexander left Australia for Turkey on April 16, 2013, but just over two weeks later, he was married in Syria.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) alleged that he had become a member of the terrorist group Islamic State in August 2013 after travelling to Syria….