Does anyone know anything about this case, from Australia?  I can't tell
from this article whether the mother and baby are being kept together or
kept apart.  I believe the UN Convention on the rights of children would be
relevant to this case, though I am not sure.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s991593.htm
High Court to decide detained infant's fate
Lawyers for asylum seeker Roqia Bakhtiyari will go to the High Court
tomorrow to seek the release of her newborn baby.
Since giving birth last month, Roqia Bakhtiyari has been staying under guard
in an Adelaide motel.
Her five other children, who have been released from the Baxter Detention
Centre, made a public plea for their mother's freedom this week.
Lawyer Jeremy Moore says he will ask the High Court to release the baby, but
that could extend further.
"I think one follows the other, if they can't lock up children then it'd be
crazy that they'd continue to lock up the mother who's breastfeeding that
child," he said.
The Federal Government is refusing to release Mrs Bakhtiyari.
The matter will be heard in the High Court in Melbourne tomorrow.

Thanksgiving is coming.  I am grateful that I have a home.
Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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