UPDATE 9:40pm ET / 11:40pm AEST: Avi Yemini has been released after an emergency phone call to his lawyer.

Avi's passport, however, was not released with him. Stay tuned!

UPDATE: Released without charge thanks to my legendary lawyer who took the call at 11pm on a Saturday night.

But they impounded my passport.

Family time now.

Later we go to court. I’ll keep you posted.

Thanks for all the love.

— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) May 28, 2022

Last night border force cited a “scratch” in my passport before detaining me and seizing the document.

There was NO scratch.

Even THEIR “evidence” proves it.

I will find out if this was in response to my work or an overzealous individual officer.

Either way, I will not cower. pic.twitter.com/RpY7q2OEZ9

— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) May 28, 2022

Rebel News' chief Australia correspondent Avi Yemini has been detained at Melbourne Airport in Australia. On Twitter, Avi has reported that his passport is being impounded due to a “scratch” on the document.

#BREAKING: I’ve been detained at Melbourne airport because my passport has a “scratch” in it.

They say they’re impounding the document and holding me indefinitely.

This has nothing to do with my travels.

I'm sure.

— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) May 28, 2022

For the last week, Avi was in Switzerland covering the World Economic Forum in Davos and the World Health Assembly in Geneva.

Read more about our six-person team's reports from these conferences by visiting WEFReports.com.