The SMH has published an article with a photograph of the cell to which David Hicks is confined 23 hours a day. The ever-disgraceful Federal A-G Ruddock maintains that it isn't solitiary confinement. You be the judge! Also look at the photo of the so-called library. It's a laugh and outrage.
Meanwhile, the article accompanying the photos says this:
'This is the cell where David Hicks lives - where the lights are never off and the window, a slit of frosted glass, never opens.
The other photo shows the barren, bookless room at Guantanamo Bay that the Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, calls a library.
The previously unpublished photos were sent yesterday by the states' attorneys-general to Mr Ruddock to dispute his claims about Mr Hicks's treatment at Guantanamo Bay. Mr Hicks's lawyer, Major Michael Mori, says the Australian is confined to his cell 23 hours a day, although Mr Ruddock denies he is in solitary confinement.
A letter by the attorneys-general identifies the photos, provided by an unnamed source, as Mr Hicks's cell and a "reading room". The letter, signed by the NSW Attorney-General, Bob Debus, and his seven state and territory counterparts, demands that Mr Hicks be returned to Australia to face trial. "The use of a cell of this type to confine Mr Hicks for eight months is inhumane," it says."
Meanwhile, the article accompanying the photos says this:
'This is the cell where David Hicks lives - where the lights are never off and the window, a slit of frosted glass, never opens.
The other photo shows the barren, bookless room at Guantanamo Bay that the Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, calls a library.
The previously unpublished photos were sent yesterday by the states' attorneys-general to Mr Ruddock to dispute his claims about Mr Hicks's treatment at Guantanamo Bay. Mr Hicks's lawyer, Major Michael Mori, says the Australian is confined to his cell 23 hours a day, although Mr Ruddock denies he is in solitary confinement.
A letter by the attorneys-general identifies the photos, provided by an unnamed source, as Mr Hicks's cell and a "reading room". The letter, signed by the NSW Attorney-General, Bob Debus, and his seven state and territory counterparts, demands that Mr Hicks be returned to Australia to face trial. "The use of a cell of this type to confine Mr Hicks for eight months is inhumane," it says."
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