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The β€œincommunicado detention without judicial scrutiny” of 153 Tamil asylum seekers has turned the world's eyes on Australia's refugee policy and brought many questions into the spotlight. The first question was raised by 53 international law scholars from 17 Australian universities, who after the government revealed it had handed over 41 passengers of an asylum boat to the Sri Lankan navy.
The official results of the July 9 Indonesian presidential elections are not expected till at least July 22, but many have proclaimed a winner. Most of these unofficial polls have declared that former Jakarta governor Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) has defeated his sole challenger β€” sacked Suharto dictatorship general Prabowo Subianto β€” by a margin of up to 4%.