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AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT MUST ACT BRING DAVID HOME |
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by Parrot Press
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19 Jan 2007
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“Australians, across the political spectrum, are now demanding the release and repatriation of David Hicks and members of parliament must do all that is necessary to redress the travesty of justice that has seen this young Australian spend five years and two months in legal limbo,” Ms Obeid added. |
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Supporters and campaigners for the repatriation of David Hicks demand that the Australian Parliament seeks David‚s immediate release and repatriation, and to reject the kangaroo court set up by the Pentagon which could see another 2-3 years of challenges in US courts.
Bring David Home campaigners are calling for a Canberra Convergence on the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 6 February at 11am on parliament lawns.
Marlene Obeid, spokesperson for the group, said: “Alexander Downer and John Howard prefer to believe reports from ‘anonymous’ sources on the condition of David Hicks; on the legality of the Military Commissions; and on ‘weapons of mass destruction’; rather than UN, Red Cross, or independent sources.”
“What Downer does not tell us is that David Hicks has become the victim of the Howard government's slavish following of the US.
“Australians, across the political spectrum, are now demanding the release and repatriation of David Hicks and members of parliament must do all that is necessary to redress the travesty of justice that has seen this young Australian spend five years and two months in legal limbo,” Ms Obeid added.
For more information phone Marlene Obeid on 0401 758 871 or
Raul Bassi 0403 037 376
Issued by Justice for Hicks & Habib, & Bring David Home campaigns.
Related:
US sets terrorism trial rules
The new rules for military courts in the US [allegedly] allow convicted terrorists to be imprisoned or put to death using hearsay evidence or coerced testimony.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1829686.htm
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Top Pentagon Official Calls for Boycott of Law Firms Representing Guantanamo Prisoners
A top Pentagon official last week urged U.S. corporations to boycott law firms whose attorneys represent detainees at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In a radio interview last week, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Charles “Cully” Stimson said companies might wish to shun firms that represent “the very terrorists who hit their bottom line back in 2001.” Stimson apologized after his remarks were condemned by the American Bar Association and deans from more than 130 law schools. We speak with the co-author of the law school petition and a corporate lawyer representing six Guantanamo prisoners.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/136801.php
Lawyers Representing Guantamano Detainees Lash Back at Bush Administration Critics
Interview with Tom Wilner, attorney with Shearman and Sterling, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Demonstrations in the U.S. and around the world marked Jan. 11, the fifth anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A growing number of members of Congress have joined the protesters call for the closure of the prison. But on Jan. 13, a high-level member of the Bush administration criticized -- not the denial of human rights and civil liberties at the prison -- but the attorneys from prestigious law firms who are representing the detainees pro bono. Charles D. Stimson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, suggested that those firms' corporate clients should consider taking their business elsewhere. An editorial in the Wall Street Journal made the same point, "that corporate CEO's seeing this should ask firms to choose between lucrative retainers and representing terrorists." The information on which law firms are representing the detainees was requested by a conservative talk show host and made available through the Freedom of Information Act.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/136801_comment.php#136884
David Hicks enters his sixth year of detention at Guantánamo Bay
Howard’s sudden expressions of concern about the length of Hicks’s detention without trial are animated by cynical electoral considerations. With a federal election due later this year, Howard clearly recognises that his government is isolated on the issue and is seeking to squirm out of its sordid record in the ongoing and illegal imprisonment of Hicks.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/57841
Australian lawyers launch court bid to secure David Hicks’s release from Guantánamo
The ongoing imprisonment of Hicks, which is designed to psychologically destroy him, has further underscored the contempt for legal precedent and democratic rights that characterises the entire Australian political establishment.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/57588
Bring David Hicks home - thousands of people rally across Australia
"John Howard, he doesn't want (to) bring David Hicks here for so many reasons, because he's a good witness against the crime of the government overseas."
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/57570
Billboards going up, lawsuit filed, David Hicks home by Christmas?
Finally, this Saturday December 9, you can join thousands of Australians nationwide to mark the fifth year of David's detention without trial. Peaceful protests are being coordinated by a coalition of action and human rights groups including Fair Go for David and Amnesty International, with key speakers at each event including Major Mori in Melbourne. Order your own Bring David Hicks Home sign and check out the details of a gathering near you.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/57564
Billboards going up, lawsuit filed, David Hicks home by Christmas?
Finally, this Saturday December 9, you can join thousands of Australians nationwide to mark the fifth year of David's detention without trial. Peaceful protests are being coordinated by a coalition of action and human rights groups including Fair Go for David and Amnesty International, with key speakers at each event including Major Mori in Melbourne. Order your own Bring David Hicks Home sign and check out the details of a gathering near you.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/57564
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION-FIVE YEARS TOO LONG-BRING DAVID HOME NOW!
Close Guantanamo prison camp - Stop the war on civil liberties
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/57539
Hicks: Major Mori speaks
According to Mori, All it would take is for the attorney-general to make a telephone call [to Washington] and David would be coming home. But the Australian government has a political problem, he said, because for five years they've labeled Hicks an accused terrorist or a terror suspect. Theyve admitted that if Hicks was brought home they could not charge him with anything because he has not committed a crime under Australian law. Mori believes the Howard government is still hoping the US will do the dirty work for them.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/57478
David Hicks’s release from Guantánamo
The ongoing imprisonment of Hicks, which is designed to psychologically destroy him, has further underscored the contempt for legal precedent and democratic rights that characterises the entire Australian political establishment.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/57588
The American Concentration Camp located at Guantanamo Bay must be closed. Let the people go free. Pardon them. Show them Christian charity. Stop this evil.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/20129
International Protest Day calls for the end of Guantánamo Bay
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/17099
BRING DAVID HOME NOW!
National Day of Action calling for the repatriation of David Hicks - 5 years of imprisonment & torture at the hands of the US army is more than enough: SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER 2006 - 12NOON - SYDNEY TOWN HALL Wear orange - bring drums
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/55226
Major Michael Mori writes re David Hicks
The US Supreme Court has ruled the special Guantanamo trials illegal. An acceptable solution from the Americans is likely years away and our Government has run out of excuses not to act. Nearly 40,000 Australians have put their name to the Open Letter calling for David Hicks to be repatriated. I hope you'll join us now by clicking on the link:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/DefendAustralianRights |
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Hicks's lawyer blasts new guidelines |
by Parrot Press
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19 Jan 2007
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David Hicks's American lawyer says new guidelines for his client's military trial are unfair and do not improve on the previous flawed system.
Major Michael Mori says the guidelines released by the Pentagon still do not include fundamental rights such as habeas corpus.
He has also criticised their retrospective nature.
"A law has been passed in 2006 that is being applied retroactively to someone for conduct five years ago," he said.
"That's not acceptable.
"Even the Australian ministers have said creating legislation now and applying it to David retroactively is inappropriate, and yet that's exactly what the United States is doing to David, which we would not accept for Americans."
Major Mori says he expects the guidelines to be challenged.
But he says by the time they are, Mr Hicks could have spent nine or 10 years in Guantanamo Bay without trial... |
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Hicks's mental health not assessed by doctor |
by Parrot Press
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19 Jan 2007
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It has been revealed that allegedly the US Embassy, not a doctor, assesed the mental health of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.
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Related:
Hicks not mentally ill: Downer
Australia: Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says he has been told Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks is showing no sign of mental illness.
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So much so that Alexander Drowner wants to take his place for the next 5 years. Torture, and isolation don't cause mental illness? Nah....politicians cause mental illness! Hey!
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Australia: Reveal identity of Hicks's visitor, ALP urges Downer
The Federal Opposition says the Foreign Affairs Minister should reveal who made an assessment of Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks's mental state.
Ps) no source to the related links to John HoWARd's abc because the source is corrupt and not reliable without a propaganda filter and extensive knowledge and understanding is required. |
