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Terry Hicks 'gagged' by Government
by Elli	2007-04-03 1:38 AM +0800
I've been gagged too, says Mr Hicks - April 3, 2007 TERRY Hicks, the father of David Hicks, says he has been gagged from revealing facts about his son's five-year incarceration in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay...
Terry Hicks, the father of David Hicks, says the Australian government is trying to gag him from talking about his son's five years at Guantanamo Bay. Terry Hicks says the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has written to him outlining a 12-month gag order issued to his son as part of his plea bargain, during which David Hicks cannot be interviewed, write a book or make a film about his time as an enemy combatant. But the letter also detailed the restrictions on what the Hicks family could reveal about their conversations with David, Terry Hicks told News Limited newspapers. "This is Big Brother, and because the Americans and the Australian government coalesce on David's charges, at this point in time we're ruled by them," Mr Hicks told News Limited. "If David tells us something, we can't pass it on. But I could still talk about the signing of his charges, things like he hasn't been abused." Mr Hicks said the letter detailed the restrictions on what the Hicks family could reveal about their conversations with David. A DFAT spokesman denied Mr Hicks' claims. "We have not written to Terry Hicks since the verdict," the spokesman said. "We communicated via email to his sister and provided two publicly available documents." It is understood DFAT emailed Mr Hicks's daughter Stephanie, providing a statement of facts and a copy of Hicks's pre-trial agreement. Mr Hicks said his son's legal team was examining the contents of the letter. Mr Hicks said he would continue to speak to the media but did not want to jeopardise the Australian jail term imposed on his son. He rejected suggestions that his son could pose a threat to national security when released in late December. "David wouldn't hurt a bloody fly at the moment," he said. "David never did any harm to anyone when he was over there anyway. He wasn't armed, he hadn't fired a shot at any coalition forces. The only danger David is to anyone is to come back to Australia and probably have to go on the dole because he might find it hard to get a job." The 31-year-old Australian pleaded guilty in a plea bargain with US authorities last week to providing material support to terrorists. Hicks has applied to be transferred to Adelaide. Meanwhile, Hicks's Australian legal adviser David McLeod, repeated claims that the confessed terrorist was tortured in US custody. But Hicks's military lawyer Major Michael Mori stepped up behind Mr McLeod within minutes of his press conference, tapped him on the shoulder and told him he could not talk about Hicks's movement and activities within the detention camps. Hicks's agreement, under which he will serve just nine more months in jail, flies in the face of an affidavit sitting with a British court in which he does allege abuse. The affidavit, reported in The New York Times last month, says the abuse occurred during interrogations in Afghanistan. SOURCES:

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Supreme Court slams door on Guantanamo challenges
by Parrot Press	2007-04-03 7:04 AM +0800
The White House is "very pleased" that the US Supreme Court has decided not to hear a case about whether prisoners at Guantanamo Bay can challenge their kidnap, torture and detention. The Supreme Court's decision is the latest legal chapter in the debate over the treatment and rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The court's decision leaves intact a ruling that prisoners have no right to challenge their detention in the American courts because they are not US citizens or on US soil. And it means the court will not rule on the constitutionality of an anti-terrorism law pushed through Congress last year by President George W Bush. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino says the Bush administration is satisfied with the ruling. "On first glance we're very pleased with the decision," she said. Only three of the nine judges said they were prepared to hear the case. Last week Australian David Hicks became the first Guantanamo prisoner to plead guilty under the military tribunal system. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1888004.htm Link here
Ridiculous
by freak power	2007-04-03 12:18 PM +0800
If I was held in Guantanamo and tortured for five years I would say I was the queen's homo erotic corgie if it meant getting me home. Link here
um
by Jerome	2007-04-03 4:25 PM +0800
Surely a convicted person cannot be responsible for the things another person does or says. I'm no lawyer but surely (and don't call me Shirley) David could not be punished nor retried nor suffer any further legal ramifications for the actions and words of another person. Surely it would not be legal to say 'Don't say a thing or we will put Mr Hicks back in prison or retry him'. I'm sure it would not hold any water in court. It's a ruse! Of course I would never recommend taking a chance on someone elses freedom. Link here
The gag
by Mar Bucknell	2007-04-04 2:24 AM +0800
Look, I find the little I know about David Hicks to be despicable and atrocious. I am NOT a David Hicks supporter, and never have been. But these legal provisions are an absolute disgrace and must be resisted. If they are allowed to stand, it's not just David Hicks and Terry Hicks who have lost something. We all have. Even that pathetic hypocrite David Flint opposed the gag order in The Australian the other day Link here
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