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Justice at Guantanamo? The Paradox of David Hicks
JURIST Guest Columnist Devika Hovell of the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law in Sydney, Australia, says that the trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks by US military commission highlights his transformation from an alleged p (More) |
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US will not seek death penalty against any charged Gitmo detainees
The US Department of Defense said Wednesday that it will not seek the death penalty in the cases of any of the five newly charged Guantanamo Bay detainees or the four previously charged, including David Hicks and Salim Ahmed Hamdan . The Pentagon h (More) |
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US to proceed with Hicks military trial despite Supreme Court case
The Pentagon has said that it is committed to proceeding with a preliminary military commission hearing for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] despite the US Supreme Court's announcement Monday tha (More) |
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US military lawyer for Australian terror suspect calls for abuse probe
The US military lawyer representing Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday requested an independent investigation into Hicks' allegations of abuse at the hands of prison (More) |
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Australia to investigate Gitmo detainee abuse allegations
A day after lawyers for Australian Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website; JURIST news archive], said they have evidence that Hicks suffered sexual abuse and torture while in US custody, the Australian government has sai (More) |
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Hicks lawyers claim evidence supporting torture allegations
Lawyers for David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website; JURIST news archive], an Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee, say that they have photographic evidence that Hicks was tortured by American soldiers, though they have declined to identify any wit (More) |
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Australian terror suspect to sue for British citizenship
Australian terror suspect David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website] has confirmed his plans to sue the United Kingdom government over its disinclination to grant him British citizenship. Hicks was captured in Afghanistan four years ago and is acc (More) |
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Time served by Hicks should count toward sentence, Australia says
Australia has disputed suggestions by the US Department of Defense that the four years terror suspect David Hicks has been detained at Guantanamo Bay should not count toward any sentence he receives if convicted. Australian Foreign Minister Alex (More) |
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Australian Gitmo detainee threatens legal action over UK citizenship application
British lawyers representing Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website] have threatened legal action to compel the UK Home Office to grant him citizenship. Hicks applied for British citizenship on the grounds that h (More) |
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Pentagon sets date of military commission trial for Australian Gitmo detainee
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that David Hicks , the only Australian held at the US terror suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay , will go to trial before a special military commission on November 18, about a month later than earlier expected . (More) |
Starr Report accused Clinton of impeachable offenses
On September 9, 1998, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr filed a report to Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 impeachable offenses relating to his association with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
