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Australia lawyers condemn government handling of Hicks Guantanamo case
Members of the Australian Lawyers Alliance have voted unanimously to condemn the Australian government's handling of the case of Australian national David Hicks , held by American authorities at Guantanamo Bay after being captured in Afghanist (More) |
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David Hicks and the US Military Commissions Process: Next Steps
JURIST Guest Columnist Don Rothwell of ANU College of Law, Australian National University, says that while passage of the new Military Commissions Act in the United States presents new challenges for Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks, it als (More) |
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Hicks lawyer seeks Australian's return from Guantanamo subject to control order
The lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archive; AI profile] is pushing the Australian government to ask the US for Hicks' return by Christmas, allowing him to be kept under a control order authorized by last (More) |
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Australia AG insists Hicks military trial will not hear evidence coerced by torture
The US military commission expected to try Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks will not allow evidence coerced through torture, Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock told ABC News on Tuesday. Ruddock added that "sleep deprivation (More) |
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Australia AG says Hicks Guantanamo trial unlikely to start this year
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock , speaking with reporters Friday after meeting with US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other American officials about the case of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks , said it is unlikely that (More) |
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US assures Australia that Hicks will not face death penalty in new military trial
Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock told Australian TV Saturday that he has received assurances from the US government that it will not seek the death penalty in an anticipated new military trial of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David H (More) |
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Hicks in poor health at Guantanamo after five months solitary: lawyer
Australian detainee David Hicks has been kept in solitary confinement at Guantanamo Bay for about five months and his health is deteriorating, Hicks' US military lawyer Major Michael Mori said Wednesday. Mori insisted that Hicks is among the (More) |
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Hicks legal papers among those seized by US in Guantanamo suicides probes
Legal papers belonging to Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks were among those seized by US investigators in a probe into the June suicides of three other Guantanamo inmates - a Yemeni and two Saudis - at the US military prison in June, ac (More) |
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Gitmo detainee Hicks stripped of UK citizenship one day after request granted
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks was stripped of British citizenship just one day after he was secretly made a citizen in July, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Saturday. Hicks' court battle for British citizenship ended in May (More) |
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Australia AG to seek Hicks' Gitmo release if military trial process not restarted soon
Australia will pursue the return of David Hicks from the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay if new charges are not brought and a military tribunal formed by November, Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock told the Sydney Morning Herald o (More) |
US House voted to impeach President Clinton
On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Read the Articles of Impeachment.
