Last night on ABC's Lateline program on TV, Lord Downer of Baghdad was asked about David Hicks. According to Downer, Hicks would be entitled, on whatever legal advise he received, to appeal any conviction through the US judicial system.
Wrong! Just overnight the Appeals Court in the District of Columbia ruled in a 2-1 decision that detainees at Gitmo do not have access to the civil courts in America - upholding recently legislation passed by Congress. Read all about it from the Christian Science Monitor here.
Of course, as we all know, the rules and laws dealing with detainees at Gitmo do not apply to American citizens. Shameful on all levels - especially the Australian Government's approach to the whole Hicks affair.
Wrong! Just overnight the Appeals Court in the District of Columbia ruled in a 2-1 decision that detainees at Gitmo do not have access to the civil courts in America - upholding recently legislation passed by Congress. Read all about it from the Christian Science Monitor here.
Of course, as we all know, the rules and laws dealing with detainees at Gitmo do not apply to American citizens. Shameful on all levels - especially the Australian Government's approach to the whole Hicks affair.
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