00:00A difficult day for Iranian refugee Payam Sadat after losing his bid to sue the federal government
00:09over alleged mistreatment in immigration detention.
00:13Yeah, I'm disappointed, but this is a decision I have to respect that.
00:17Mr Sadat launched a case against the federal government in 2021 over mental injuries he
00:23says he suffered while held in mainland detention for five years.
00:27I didn't expect this result, but it's happened.
00:30The Iranian refugee arrived on Ashmore Reef in 2000 after a 29-day journey by boat.
00:37He was detained at Curtin in Western Australia for two years and then Baxter detention centre
00:43in South Australia for almost three years.
00:46Ah, it's the worst time in my life, but I can't just tell you what's happened over there.
00:51It's very bad.
00:52It was a time when protests broke out at detention centres across Australia,
00:56with detainees alleging mistreatment in what they labelled as an inhospitable and overcrowded system.
01:03Mr Sadat's lawyer told the court during a trial in 2021 that his client was forced to flee Iran
01:10after he was detained, tortured and physically abused.
01:14He said that the government was on notice that his client was a vulnerable person
01:18and that he should have been treated more carefully while in detention.
01:22Speaking outside court today, Mr Sadat's solicitor says he's yet to read the 600-page judgment,
01:28which is yet to be released to the public.
01:31So we will take time to review the judgment of Justice Stanley and we will consider an appeal.
01:37But for now, his focus is his client.
01:39We'll continue to stand by our client pay arm and try and help him navigate his way through
01:44this difficult journey for him.
01:47The Supreme Court will publish the reasons for judgment next Friday.
01:50We'll continue to stand by our client pay arm and try and help him navigate his way through the
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