David Hicks

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His father Terry Hicks has made efforts to have his son brought to Australia for trial. Terry Hicks has said that his son seemed unaware of the September 11 attacks when they spoke on a mobile phone a few days after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan/American bombing campaign in Afghanistan began.

According to David Hicks' conversations with his father, he was abused by both Northern Alliance and U.S. soldiers. Even after incidents of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the Australian Government has consistently accepted U.S. assurances that David Hicks and another Australian at Guantanamo Bay, Mamdouh Habib, have been treated in accordance with international law.

On August 5, 2004 David Hicks filed an affidavit (http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/David-Hicks-affidavit/2004/12/10/1102625527396.html) declaring that he had been tortured, abused and ill-treated during his detention by US military authorities, and that he saw and heard similar treatment inflicted on other detainees. The affidavit was made public on December 10, 2004. US military authorities are investigating the claims.

David Hicks was formally charged by a US military commission on August 26, 2004, with conspiracy to attack civilians, attempted murder, and aiding the enemy. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. His trial is set for January 10, 2005. He will be represented by Stephen Kenny, his family's lawyer, and Major Michael Mori, his US-Army appointed counsel.

David Hicks' trial has been rescheduled for March 15 2005.

In mid-February, Jumana Musa, Amnesty International's legal observer at the Guantanamo Bay, visited Australia to speak to Philip Ruddock (the Attorney General) about the military commissions. The Sydney Morning Herald (15/02/05) quoted Ms Musa as stating that Australia is, "the only country that seems to have come out and said that the idea of trying somebody, their own citizen, before this process might be OK, and I think that should be a concern to anybody."

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