Controversy The two dates that question Djokovic's version of his positive
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Held Australia says Djokovic "is not captive" and can leave anytime he wants
The 'number one' of world tennis,
Novak Djokovic
, will defend on Monday
his
right to be accepted in Australian territory and
play the Australian Open
: for this he will have to convince the local justice that the covid happened in December and that it pound of mandatory vaccination.
Since his arrival in Melbourne in the middle of the week and the cancellation of his entry visa, Djokovic has been held in a migration center in the Australian city.
The federal court hearing must begin on Monday at 10:00 a.m. local time (00:00 a.m. on Monday, Spanish peninsular time).
Whatever the court's decision,
an appeal
by either party
could still extend the tennis player's stay at the retention center
, the former Park Hotel, a five-story facility that houses some 32 migrants trapped in the harsh immigration system. Australian, some for years.
No one can enter or exit except staff.
A handful of protesters gathered Sunday morning on the street in front of the site, where hundreds of Djokovic supporters, anti-vaccine activists and migrant advocates marched a day earlier.
Time is running out against the Serbian: With the
Australian Open
starting
on January 17
, any delay could complicate the
34-year-old's
aspiration to win his
10th Melbourne crown
and
21st Grand Slam tournament
, making him in the tennis player with the 'greatest' in history, beating his great rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Judge Anthony Kelly indicated that the hearing would be held on Monday and rejected the government's request to postpone it to Wednesday.
"He wants freedom," Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said this weekend.
He further stated that
Serbia supports the player
and that it had had "constructive talks" with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne.
"We managed to get him to get gluten-free food, exercise equipment, a computer," he told the Serbian television network Pink.
This Sunday, Djokovic also received the support of the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church: "I will talk about the one who is detained and who wants his freedom, who wants his freedom," he declared in a speech in the capital of the Bosnian Serbs, Banja. Luka.
Divergence of dates
Djokovic's lawyers presented a 35-page document on Saturday in which they argued that the visa was wrongly canceled and that it must be restored in order for him to compete.
They noted that Djokovic's PCR
test
that tested positive on
December 16, 2021
meets the criteria for exempting him from the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Australian regulations.
Despite this alleged contagion, Djokovic
attended two public events
in Belgrade, without a mask, on the same day and the following day: a ceremony in honor of young Serbian tennis players on December 17 and a ceremony to present a stamp in his honor. eve.
Tennis Australia (the Australian Federation, organizer of the Australian Open), granted him an exemption from participating in the tournament after his application was approved by two independent medical committees, his lawyers said.
However, the Australian government insists that proof of a recent COVID-19 infection only allows exemption to be granted to residents, not foreigners who want to enter the country.
Djokovic "is not vaccinated", insisted this Sunday the lawyers who defend the interests of Australia in a writing of conclusions.
"This visa application must be rejected," they added.
Australia still restricts the entry of foreigners, and those who receive authorization must have a full vaccination or have a medical exemption.
Another tennis player who was going to participate in the Australian Open, the Czech Renata Voracova, had her visa canceled although she was initially allowed to enter Australian territory and has already left the country.
The Australian federation and its president Craig Tiley were accused of having misled tennis players in relation to their vaccination obligations to enter the country.
However, in an internal video released on Saturday, Tiley assured that the entity had done "everything it could."
Australia tightened restrictions to combat a wave of infections linked to the omicron variant.
Only in the state of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, 44,155 new cases were registered on Sunday.
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