Kiribati has notified an Australian-born judge removed from High Court by parliament this week that he will be deported after 21 days, in a case a U.N. special rapporteur said was a major setback for justice in the Pacific Islands nation.
SYDNEY, April 27 - Kiribati has notified an Australian-born judge removed from High Court by parliament this week that he will be deported after 21 days,David Lambourne, the former judge, said on Saturday he was served with a deportation liability notice at his home on Friday evening by Kiribati's director of immigration, after President Taneti Maamau had approved his removal.
"I am appalled at the impact that this case has had on the independence of the judiciary in Kiribati," Satterthwaite said in a statement late on Friday.Lambourne has been living in Kiribati without a visa or salary since 2022 when President Maamau suspended him from the High Court. Maamau then suspended all three Court of Appeal judges and the chief justice, after they ruled Lambourne should not be deported.
Lambourne has said the delay was because he was stranded outside Kiribati due to COVID-19 border closures. Parliament voted on Friday to accept the recommendation.
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