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 after a controversial High 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 he walked free from Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre in Western Australia.

Police arrested Yawari in a motel in Pooraka in Adelaide's north on Saturday night after allegations a woman had been assaulted by a guest.

He did not apply for bail and has been remanded in custody until January. 

Yawari was previously accused of attacking three women and was convicted of assault in 2016.

The High Court's decision on November 8 allowed 148 dangerous non-citizens to be released from detention.

Australian Border Force said a second man in the group has also been charged in New South Wales and has since been released on bail. 

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