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Published on: 4/1/2007
Last Visited: 4/7/2007
BISHOP SAUNDERS CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF DAVID HICKS
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The Chairman of the ACSJC, Bishop Christopher Saunders, called for the immediate release of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks, even though Mr Hicks has pleaded guilty to one charge of providing material support for terrorism. ‘David Hicks has been detained for more than five years, including long periods of solitary confinement.Only one charge has now been brought against Mr Hicks, and there are grave concerns as to its legality and that of the military commission process.
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11 APRIL. SEMINAR: DAVID HICKS IN COURT: AN UPDATE ON COURT ACTION IN AUSTRALIA AND THE US (ACT). Presented by the Centre for International and Public Law, ANU. To discuss David Hick's trial before the US Military Commission and his claim in the Federal Court against the Commonwealth. Chair: Professor Donald R. Rothwell; Speakers: Prof. Hilary Charlesworth, Prof. Kim Rubenstein and Dr Christopher Ward. 5.30-7.00 pm, Law Link Theatre, ANU College of Law (Cnr Fellows and East Roads), ANU. RSVP to: cipl@law.anu.edu.au by 10 April 2007. Ph (02) 6125 0454.Web: http://law.anu.edu.au/cipl/events.asp.
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21 APRIL. NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST FOR DAVID HICKS (NSW). A national day of protest demanding the repatriation of David Hicks, Sydney, Town Hall at 12.00 noon. Contact: 0401 758 871. Web: www.stopwarcoalition.org.
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21 APRIL. NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST FOR DAVID HICKS (NSW). A national day of protest demanding the repatriation of David Hicks, Sydney, Town Hall at 12.00 noon. Contact: 0401 758 871. Web: www.stopwarcoalition.org.
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The ACSJC's Bishop Christopher Saunders, called for David Hicks' immediate release despite his guilty plea to a charge of providing material support for terrorism.
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On visit to Australia to prepare for an opera based on her book, Dead Man Walking, Sr Helen Prejean said that Guantanamo Bay is an aberration and a corruption of US values and that the release of David Hicks should be a priority.