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Novak Djokovic Arrested Hours After Release - Australia Minister in Bid to Overturn Ruling
Express (U.K.) ^ | Mon, Jan 10, 2022 | Archie Griggs

Posted on 01/10/2022 12:50:58 AM PST by nickcarraway

NOVAK DJOKOVIC won his legal battle to compete at this year's Australian Open on Monday.

Djokovic has allegedly been arrested by the Australian government despite being granted permission to compete at this year's Australian Open on Monday, according to reports. The Serb, who won last year's edition of the tournament, was initially denied entry to the country after seeing his visa revoked upon his arrival earlier this month.

Djokovic was detained in a hotel on Thursday after more detail was demanded with regards to his medical exemption to enter Australia and compete in the first Grand Slam of the new year.

It was eventually ruled on Monday that his visa cancellation order would be immediately quashed and that he would be released from detention.

However, it seems as though Djokovic may still be banned from playing at this month's tournament in Melbourne and deported by government officials in spite of the verdict.

He was arrested shortly after the end of his court case on Monday, with his legal team now weighing up their options as they plan their response, according to The Pavlovic Today.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; djokovic; tennis
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1 posted on 01/10/2022 12:50:58 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: naturalman1975; alexander_busek; MAGAthon; devere; GregH; Gnome1949

Ping


2 posted on 01/10/2022 12:53:16 AM PST by nickcarraway
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I’m not a fan of boycott’s, but...
Players need to boycott.


3 posted on 01/10/2022 12:53:27 AM PST by period end of story (Give me a firm spot, and I will move the world.)
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To: nickcarraway

wow.. clown world.. International crisis to prevent the possibility of spreading a cold, which he doesn’t have. Australia is a joke.


4 posted on 01/10/2022 12:55:42 AM PST by freespirit2012
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To: nickcarraway

This is very much expected, this is an election year and the Govt is desperate.

They have used Djokovic vaccine status to score political points and they are embarrassed that he fought back.


5 posted on 01/10/2022 1:01:17 AM PST by GregH
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Is this really going to help them?


6 posted on 01/10/2022 1:08:43 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Information is apparently incorrect according to Australian news sources.

“Novak Djokovic has not been arrested, according to four government and tennis sources.

The Immigration Minister is still deciding whether to re-cancel his visa, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald has confirmed.”

We really do not need any more misinformation flying around.


7 posted on 01/10/2022 1:11:23 AM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Weird, not sure why it's being reported. Some kind of pom conspiracy.

Anyway, I can't find the word re-cancel in the dictionary. Is it an Australian word?

8 posted on 01/10/2022 1:15:02 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Re-cancel isn’t a specifically Australian word as far as I know, but people would understand what it meant if it was used, so it wouldn’t surprise me if it was used.


9 posted on 01/10/2022 1:18:10 AM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975
BREAKING: Novak Djokovic under arrest, his father Srdjan Djokovic tells The Pavlovic Today

This is the source this article cites, and it says Djokovic's father said he was arrested. Where is he supposed to be per Australian news?

10 posted on 01/10/2022 1:19:02 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

No, it will definitely not help them.

But it will not stop from trying, as they are embarrassed.


11 posted on 01/10/2022 1:19:42 AM PST by GregH
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With his lawyers. I'm not sure, if I can share this source - it's the Melbourne Age newspaper and I think they have a problem with FR but if you go to their webpage at the moment you will see a story timestamped 7.56 (about 30 minutes ago) with the current title: Reports Djokovic arrested not true, sources say.

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Novak Djokovic has not been arrested, according to four government and tennis sources.

The Immigration Minister is still deciding whether to re-cancel his visa, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald has confirmed.

Media reports from Europe quote Djokovic’s family members alleging he has been re-arrested at his lawyers’ office in Melbourne’s CBD.

However, the four sources including some from the federal government insist this isn’t the case.

There are no Border Force or federal police officers at the foot of the CBD tower Djokovic is located in.

12 posted on 01/10/2022 1:22:45 AM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

Interesting.


13 posted on 01/10/2022 1:23:55 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Prison colony nazis ...


14 posted on 01/10/2022 1:25:33 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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I’m just looking at live footage of the building and there’s absolutely no sign at all that he’s been arrested. There are Victorian police there (who have no relevant jurisdiction so couldn’t arrest him) but I assume they are there because of the fairly large number of noisy Djokovic supporters who seem way too happy for him to have been arrested.


15 posted on 01/10/2022 1:29:49 AM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: nickcarraway

Says he has inadmissible natural antibodies, not risky vaccine ones.


16 posted on 01/10/2022 1:36:27 AM PST by MDLION (J"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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**** Australia.
If he gets booted, everyone should leave and not play.


17 posted on 01/10/2022 1:44:42 AM PST by EEGator
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To: naturalman1975

After being “re-cancelled”, and “un-visa-ed”, he’s been “un-arrested”?

;)


18 posted on 01/10/2022 1:52:14 AM PST by Does so (Americans had no desire for war in 1939 and 1941. Sometimes, War Finds You!)
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To: nickcarraway

News reports mention Novak is at his Lawyers office.

This could be probably expecting minister to cancel his visa again and arrest him and hence discussing legal options.

This is unlike Novak to be missing training now considering the AU opens starts soon.


19 posted on 01/10/2022 1:55:23 AM PST by GregH
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whilst it does not form the basis of the judge’s decision in Djokovic’s favour, this is what should have been the topic of discussion in Australia since he was first detained.

“recovered from covid” is listed alongside “vaccinated” in the vaccine passports of Europe and elsewhere.

this is NEVER discussed in Australia. i’ve posted previously on FR that DOZENS of countries recognise NATURAL IMMUNITY:

19 Aug 2021: Ask.com: What Can We Learn From Vaccine Passports Around the World?
By Allyson Chen
The European Union (EU) introduced a digital COVID passport in July of 2021 that’s valid in all EU member countries. The certificate can also be used in several non-EU countries, such as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
Citizens can either obtain physical copies of documents displaying the results of their vaccination status or download digital copies of their passports at no cost.

***The EU passport is available to those who have been fully vaccinated, tested negative ***OR RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 and exempts the holder from free movement restrictions throughout the EU. Some individual EU member countries have introduced their own passports as well...

France’s Health Pass Applies to a Wide Age Range
To obtain a health pass, citizens must show proof of full vaccination, a recent negative test ***OR RECENT RECOVERY FROM COVID-19...

Isael first enacted a “green pass” system in February of 2021. The system provided those who had recently been vaccinated ***OR RECOVERED FROM THE VIRUS with a digital certificate that allowed them to take part in various events...
https://www.ask.com/travel/covid-vaccine-passports-around-world

recognizing natural immunity is usually limited to six months, as in Djokovic’s case, but the same is true of the vaccines, when you consider how boosters are now being required, or about to be required. (also, given some people allegedly still had natural immunity from SARS-1 seventeen years ago, six months for SARS-2 might need to be reconsidered.)

in the US, you do have some doctors on Laura Ingraham’s program in particular, and on Fox in general, who bring it up, but this does not happen in Australia.

it is time Australians were given this information.


20 posted on 01/10/2022 1:58:09 AM PST by MAGAthon
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