{"id":1195137,"date":"2022-01-06T19:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195137"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:05:32","slug":"they-are-keeping-him-as-a-prisoner-novak-djokovics-mother-speaks-out-after-sons-visa-canceled-ahead-of-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-are-keeping-him-as-a-prisoner-novak-djokovics-mother-speaks-out-after-sons-visa-canceled-ahead-of-australian-open\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Are Keeping Him As A Prisoner\u2019: Novak Djokovic\u2019s Mother Speaks Out After Son\u2019s Visa Canceled Ahead Of Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthey-are-keeping-him-as-a-prisoner-novak-djokovics-mother-speaks-out-after-sons-visa-canceled-ahead-of-australian-open%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195137&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The world\u2019s number one men\u2019s tennis player is being held in a Melbourne, Australia, hotel that is used to house refugees and asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic, the nine-time winner of the Australian Open, had his visa canceled on Thursday by Australian authorities after he \u201cfailed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements to Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic arrived in Australia on Wednesday, and after a lengthy standoff with Australian officials, was told that he would not be allowed into the country on Thursday. Djokovic\u2019s medical exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine \u2014 which was granted by the Victorian government Tuesday \u2014 was the reason for the standoff.<\/p>\n<p>The Victorian government is a state-level authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe visa for Novak Djokovic has been cancelled,\u201d Australian Minister for Health Greg Hunt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/novak-djokovic-denied-entry-into-australia-visa-canceled\">said<\/a> Wednesday. \u201cObviously, that follows a review of the exemption which was provided by the Victorian government process. They were looking at the integrity and the evidence behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a matter to him whether he wishes to appeal that, but if a visa is canceled, someone will have to leave the country,\u201d Hunt continued.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic is being held at the hotel after his lawyers challenged the decision by Australian authorities. The case has been adjourned until Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The case has become worldwide news, with Djokovic\u2019s parents both speaking out on the situation after speaking with their son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel terrible since yesterday, the last 24 hours that they are keeping him as a prisoner. It\u2019s just not fair. It\u2019s not human,\u201d Djokovic\u2019s mother, Dijana, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1479145740093902848?s=20\">said<\/a> during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerrible accommodation,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just some small immigration hotel, if it\u2019s a hotel at all. It\u2019s so dirty and the food is so terrible. They don\u2019t want to give him any chance to move on to some better hotel or a house that he already rented. But we hope he will manage somehow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic\u2019s father \u2014&nbsp;Srdjan Djokovic \u2014 said that his son has become the \u201csymbol and the leader of the free world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son is tonight in Australian captivity, but he has never been more free,\u201d he said per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/it-s-the-only-way-to-stop-this-pandemic-nadal-backs-the-rules-that-stopped-djokovic-20220106-p59m96.html\">The Age<\/a>. \u201cFrom this moment, Novak has become the symbol and the leader of the free world, the world of the poor and disadvantaged nations and peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son Novak Djokovic has shown that a small, but heroic country like Serbia, can have the best tennis player and sportsman of all time and that truth can no longer be hidden,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Srdjan went on to rip the \u201cgreedy and arrogant members of the world\u2019s oligarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news of Djokovic\u2019s medical exemption sparked outrage in Australia, a country that has seen severe COVID-19 lockdowns over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Victorian government and Tennis Australia may permit a non-vaccinated player to compete in the Australian Open, it is the Commonwealth government that will enforce our requirements at the Australian border,\u201d Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/32997513\/novak-djokovic-needs-prove-exemption-go-home-australian-pm\">said<\/a>. \u201cIf an arriving individual is not vaccinated, they must provide acceptable proof that they cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons to be able to access the same travel arrangement as fully vaccinated travelers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;sports@dailywire.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s number one men\u2019s tennis player is being held in a Melbourne, Australia, hotel that is used to house refugees and asylum seekers. Novak Djokovic, the nine-time winner of the Australian Open, had his visa canceled on Thursday by Australian authorities after he \u201cfailed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}