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Troy Newman was
detained at Melbourne Airport on Thursday after landing on a
flight from the United States and tried to enter Australia
despite having his visa revoked earlier in the week.
Newman sought to appeal the decision to revoke his visa, though
a spokesman for the Australian High Court told Reuters that the
presiding judge had ruled against the U.S. activist.
Newman did not appear in court for the ruling.
He will now be deported from Australia.
The U.S. campaigner said in a Facebook posting earlier this week
following the decision by Australia to cancel his visa that his
views had been misrepresented.
Critics of Newman, however, point to a previous book, in which
he questions why women who have abortions are not charged with
murder.
The rejection of Newman's visa comes days after Australia said
it would refuse a visa to U.S. hip-hop star Chris Brown, because
of the singer's history of domestic violence.
Australia's newly installed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has
renewed efforts to fight domestic violence following a spate of
high-profile deaths.
(Reporting by Colin Packham; Editing by Michael Perry)
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