David Hicks memoir: Australian court freezes proceeds

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14383647

An Australian court has frozen proceeds from a memoir written by former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.

The case is being brought by the Australian government under a law banning profits from crime.

Hicks's legal team says the law does not apply because his conviction by a US military commission at Guantanamo Bay was invalid.

Hicks spent five years at the facility before pleading guilty to providing material support for terrorism.


In his book, David Hicks said he pleaded guilty only in order to escape Guantanamo Bay