Afghan refugee, 65, freed by controversial High Court ruling is CHARGED with indecent assault just weeks after walking out of immigration detention

An Afghan refugee released from immigration detention following a controversial Supreme Court ruling has been charged with two counts of indecent assault.

Aliyawar Yawari, 65, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday, less than a month after being released from Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Center in Western Australia.

Police arrested Yawari at a motel in Pooraka in Adelaide's north on Saturday evening following allegations a woman was assaulted by a guest.

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Aliyawar Yawari has been charged with two counts of indecent assault, just three weeks after he was released from immigration detention following the controversial Supreme Court ruling