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Violet_Crumble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-21-04 08:38 PM
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Hicks process unfair: lawyer
Attorney-General Philip Ruddock today rejected calls from David Hicks's American military lawyer for his client to be sent back to Australia.

Marine Corps lawyer Major Michael Mori said Hicks would not be able receive a fair trial before an American military tribunal.

He also said he saw no reason why Hicks should not be tried in Australia under Australian law.

Major Mori was appointed by the US military to defend Hicks, who has been detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since he was captured among Taliban forces in Afghanistan in 2001.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/22/1074360866092.html
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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 01:50 AM
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1. it's a bit scary
When a American Marine Corps lawyer does more to stand up for an Australian citizen than our own spineless government does.

When I travel now I do it on my EU passport - that wa if I get in trouble I've got atleast half a chance of getting some consular assistance
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