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Andrew Wilkie

Independent federal MP. 1 claim checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2019. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Andrew Wilkie, Independent federal MP

“A series of Australian governments that are guilty of crimes against humanity for forcibly transferring asylum seekers to a third country and detaining them indefinitely without trial.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Untested

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Wilkie's claim is an allegation of criminal conduct that is untested in a court of law. A number of communiques calling for Australian government officials to be investigated for crimes against humanity, as defined b…