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New military tribunal process could leave Hicks in Gitmo for 7 more years: lawyer
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks may serve up to seven more years in US military custody before facing trial under a new military tribunal system, his military lawyer Major Michael Mori said Sunday. Since the US Supreme Court's d (More) |
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Hicks says Guantanamo conditions worse after detainee suicides
David Hicks , the Australian-born terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay , told family members that conditions at the detention center have worsened in the wake of three detainee suicides in June, Hicks' lawyer David McLeod said Thursday. Hicks (More) |
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Hicks lawyer says new US trial would constitute double jeopardy
A US military lawyer for David Hicks said the US government cannot legally prosecute the Australian-born Guantanamo detainee again because a trial would constitute double jeopardy under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution. The lawyer, Maj. (More) |
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Australia PM still says Hicks should be tried in US after Gitmo tribunals ruling
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Friday that he wants Australian-born terror suspect David Hicks to be tried in American courts even after the US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down military commissions [JURIST report; opinion, PDF] s (More) |
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Hicks to serve terror sentence in Australia if convicted
Australian-born terror suspect David Hicks will serve his prison sentence in Australia if convicted by a US military commission at Guantanamo Bay , Australian Justice Minister Chris Ellison said Thursday. Hicks, captured in Afghanistan by US for (More) |
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Hicks lawyers may seek judicial review of UK decision not to press Gitmo release
Lawyers for David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website], an Australian held by the US at the Guantanamo Bay detention center , may seek judicial review of the UK Foreign Office's decision not to petition the US for his release . Hicks (More) |
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UK will not ask US to release Guantanamo detainee Hicks
The UK Foreign Office has said that the United Kingdom will not petition the US to release Australian national David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website] from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay . Hicks, a suspected member of the Taliban who h (More) |
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UK in talks with US on release of British residents from Guantanamo Bay
The UK Foreign Office has begun talks with the US on the potential release of eight UK residents detained at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay into the custody of British authorities. The UK government has successfully negotiated the rele (More) |
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UK Foreign Office takes over Hicks Guantanamo release case
The UK Foreign Office on Friday took control of the case of Australian David Hicks , an accused Taliban member who has been detained at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay for over four years. The UK High Court has ruled that Britain should (More) |
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Australia AG rejects allegations Hicks was tortured at Guantanamo
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Friday that there is no evidence for allegations made in an Australian magazine that accused Taliban member David Hicks has been tortured during his four-year detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . The (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.
