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Australia abandons appropriation of book profits of former Guantanamo detainee
July 24, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
The Australian government has discontinued proceedings against former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks over the profits from his memoir. Australia's Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) decided to halt the proceedings against Hicks, 36, commenced in July 2011 that were aimed at.... [more]
Australia Guantanamo detainee Hicks petitions UN over alleged rights violations
August 21, 2011 by Daniel Richey
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has filed an appeal with the UN Human Rights Committee complaining of multiple violations of international law stemming from his five-year incarceration at Guantanamo from 2002 to 2007. Hicks, an Australian national, is asking the Australian government to.... [more]
Australia judge freezes profits from ex-Guantanamo detainee book
August 3, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
An Australian judge on Wednesday froze the profits from a memoir written by former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks. Hicks spent more than five years without trial in US custody after being captured in Afghanistan following the terror attacks of 9/11. He wrote an autobiography last year.... [more]
Australia to sue ex-Guantanamo detainee for book royalties
July 21, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
The Australian government announced Thursday that it will sue former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks for royalties from his memoir. Hicks spent more than five years without trial in US custody after being captured in Afghanistan following the terror attacks of 9/11. He wrote an autobiography.... [more]
Guantanamo detainee David Hicks transferred to Australia [this day at law]
May 20, 2011 by Dwyer Arce
On May 20, 2007, Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks was transferred to a maximum security prison near his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia, to serve the remainder of a nine-month prison sentence. In March 2007, a US military commission at Guantanamo Bay recommended sentencing Hicks to.... [more]
US military formally approved charges against David Hicks [this day at law]
March 1, 2011 by Dwyer Arce
On March 1, 2007, the US military formally referred the charges against Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks to a military commission. Under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the Manual for Military Commissions, Hicks was charged with one count of providing material support to.... [more]
Ex-Guantanamo detainee Hicks should be cleared: lawyer
July 19, 2010 by Dwyer Arce
The former defense lawyer for Australian ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Sunday that his former client should be cleared of all links to terrorism because he never committed a crime. The lawyer, Steve Kenny, said he has been unable to find a law that Hicks had broken, either under.... [more]
Iranian leaders use violence and manipulate legal system to quell opposition [comment]
February 4, 2010 by Andrew Wood
Neil Hicks: The leaders of the Islamic Republic know well the value of violence and brutality as political control mechanisms. In recent months, the authorities have unleashed random beating of protesters, arbitrary detention and torture, apparently including rape of detainees, running down....... [more]
British Court of Appeal ruling on prenuptial agreements should lead Parliament to change the law [comment]
July 7, 2009 by Andrew Wood
Elizabeth Hicks: The decision of the Court of Appeal shows that the Courts are now more likely to agree that a pre-marital contract should be upheld — even when one party has not obtained legal advice and where there has not been full and frank disclosure of their assets. This is a real....... [more]
Australia to consider accepting released Guantanamo prisoners
December 27, 2008 by Christian Ehret
A spokesman for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Saturday that Australia would be willing to consider acceptance of Guantanamo Bay detainees on a case-by-case basis, according to a report in The Australian. Rudd's spokesman confirmed that Australia, along with other countries, has been....... [more]
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