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| Haneef wins Australia visa appeal | Haneef wins Australia visa appeal |
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| An Indian doctor briefly charged over failed bomb attacks in the UK in June has won a court battle to return to Australia on a work visa. | An Indian doctor briefly charged over failed bomb attacks in the UK in June has won a court battle to return to Australia on a work visa. |
| The Federal Court of Australia dismissed an appeal by government lawyers against a judge's decision to restore Mohamed Haneef's visa. | |
| Ex-Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews revoked the former Gold Coast Hospital registrar's visa on character grounds. | |
| Dr Haneef was accused of links with failed attacks in London and Glasgow. | Dr Haneef was accused of links with failed attacks in London and Glasgow. |
| The decision by the former immigration minister to cancel the Indian doctor's visa was quashed by a federal court judge in August. | |
| Second government defeat | |
| Government lawyers then appealed the decision to the full bench of the court but lost the case on Friday morning. | |
| HANEEF CASE TIMELINE 2 July: Arrested in Brisbane14 July: Charged with providing "reckless support" to terrorism16 July: Granted bail, but kept in custody after work visa revoked27 July: Charges dropped29 July: Returns to India21 Aug: Court overturns government visa decision | |
| Dr Haneef's lawyer, Peter Russo, told the Associated Press news agency outside court that it was not clear whether his client would return to Australia to work. | |
| He was arrested on 2 July at Brisbane International Airport and held for several days before being charged with giving "reckless support" to terrorism. | |
| But the case against the 27-year-old father-of-one collapsed and he flew out of Australia back to India on 29 July. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing. | |
| The Australian government cancelled Dr Haneef's work visa after a magistrate granted him bail, then refused to reinstate it when charges against him were dropped. | |
| He is currently visiting Saudi Arabia for the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. | |
| Dr Haneef is the cousin of Sabeel Ahmed, one of three people charged in the UK over the failed attacks. | |
| Mr Ahmed's brother, Kafeel, was the driver of a jeep which crashed into Glasgow Airport in flames on 30 June. He died from his injuries in August. |