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Hicks won't challenge post-release control order: lawyer
A lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Monday that Hicks does not plan to challenge the legality of any control order imposed after his release from prison in Australia. David McLeod said that Hicks is grateful for efforts ma (More) |
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Hicks transferred to Australia to finish Guantanamo sentence
Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks was transferred to a maximum security prison near his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia Sunday to serve the remainder of his nine-month prison sentence. In March, a US military commission at Guantan (More) |
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US, Australia 'prepared to throw every legal principle out the window': ex-PM
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser said Monday that the treatment and trial of Australian detainee David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay demonstrate that the US and Australian governments are "prepared to throw every legal principle out t (More) |
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Australia would change law to bar Hicks profiting from Guantanamo story: AG
Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Monday that the government would amend an existing federal law preventing convicted criminals from profiting from their offenses if it became apparent that it allowed Guantanamo detainee David Hicks t (More) |
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The US, Australia and David Hicks: Abandoning the Rule of Law
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that the trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks before a US military commission has demonstrated the disturbing willingness of two allegedly democrat (More) |
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ABA condemns proposed DOJ restrictions on Guantanamo lawyers
The American Bar Association (ABA) Friday criticized a US Department of Justice proposal [motion, PDF; brief, PDF] that lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees should be subject to tightened restrictions , including limited access to their client and (More) |
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DOJ seeking additional restrictions on Guantanamo lawyer-detainee contact
Lawyers visiting Afghan detainee Haji Bismullah at Guantanamo Bay should be subject to tightened restrictions , including limited access to their client and evidence, the US Justice Department has urged in court papers [motion, PDF; brief, PDF] fi (More) |
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David Hicks' Guilty Plea: Another Blow to US Moral Authority
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Hansen of New England School of Law says that the overbearing terms imposed on Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks in his recent military commission plea agreement are the product of an overly and unfairly coerciv (More) |
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Australia AG says Guantanamo detainee Hicks can't sell story after transfer home
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will not be permitted to sell his story to the media, Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Sunday. Though he has not been found to have violated any Austr (More) |
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'American Taliban' Lindh seeks commuted sentence for third time
The family of John Walker Lindh [CNN profile; JURIST news archive] said Wednesday that a clemency petition has been filed on their son's behalf, seeking to reduce his 20-year sentence in light of the nine-month sentence handed down to Australian (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
