Australia is refusing to apologize for wrongly jailing an Indian-born doctor for nearly a month following the failed car bomb attacks in Britain and Scotland. Mohammad Haneef was detained after officials alleged he had provided material support to the suspects. Speaking in the Philippines, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer rejected calls for an apology.

Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer: “We are not apologizing to anybody for protecting the Australian people. We owe no one an apology. We would only owe the Australian people an apology if we were soft on terrorism or investigating issues pertaining to terrorism which would be of some concern to the police.”