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26 Apr 2010, 3:56 pm by David Kopel
(David Kopel) Very nice New York Times obituary of Robert Hicks, one of the leaders of the Deacons for Defense and Justice in Louisiana in the 1960s. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 7:30 pm
"Australian Held at Guantanamo May Go Home": The New York Times on Monday will contain an article that begins, "The Australian foreign minister said Sunday that his government had reached a deal to allow David Hicks, who has been held at the American military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than five years without trial, to return to Australia by the end of the year. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 4:18 pm by Kent Scheidegger
Paul Bibby reports for the Sydney Morning Herald:The NSW* Supreme Court has frozen assets relating to the sale of a revealing book by former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks as Commonwealth prosecutors attempt to seize all proceeds from the sale of the book.The Commonwealth claims that money from the sale of Mr Hicks's book, Guantanamo, My Journey, which is about his six-year ordeal in the notorious prison, are the proceeds of crime.About 30,000 copies of the… [read post]
6 Sep 2006, 12:20 pm
Public diplomacy will be the cornerstone of the new U.S. ambassador to Australia whose first job was to defend the U.S. legal system from an Australian perception that it allows Australian war-on-terror-detainee David Hicks to be tried in a kangaroo court: I don't accept in any way, shape or form your view that these are kangaroo courts. [read post]
28 Dec 2007, 10:06 pm
Half a world way from the Adelaide prison where David Hicks went free yesterday (see above), 6 French nationals arrived in Paris to serve sentences they'd received earlier in the week in Chad.As we've posted, the 6 workers for L'Arche de Zoé (Zoe's Ark), and were arrested in October as they tried to leave Chad with 103 children who they claimed were Darfurian orphans destined for adoption in Europe. [read post]
2 Mar 2007, 4:58 am
"Australian Detainee Is Charged Under '06 Law": The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, "Pentagon officials announced yesterday that David M. [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 3:02 pm
David Hicks is going home to Australia to serve a "short" sentence arranged in a plea bargain - seven years, with all but nine months suspended. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 7:38 am
David Hicks began the proceedings with three lawyers sitting beside him at counsel table. [read post]
9 Jul 2008, 6:11 pm
The strange story behind this case begins with a romantic triangle involving Hicks, Sylvia Lynn McClendon, and David Woodbury.In U.S. v. [read post]
4 Feb 2007, 7:30 pm
Monday's edition of The Canberra Times contains an article headlined "Please help my boy: Father's emotional plea to have terror suspect David Hicks brought home. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 1:48 am
Having disposed of the troublesome case of David Hicks, the U.S. [read post]
24 Jul 2007, 11:09 am
Link: Law Council of Australia - Media Release - Hicks Report a Reminder of Government's Failure to Protect a Citizen's Rights - 24 July 2007. [read post]
30 Apr 2007, 3:32 pm
[JURIST] Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser [official profile] said Monday that the treatment and trial of Australian detainee David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay demonstrate that the US and Australian governments are "prepared to throw every legal principle out the window and establish a process that we would expect of tyrannical regimes. [read post]
21 Mar 2005, 2:52 am
[JURIST] A former lawyer for Australian terror suspect David Hicks [defense advocacy website] told a major law conference in Australia Monday that US military videotapes from the terror detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be "as explosive as anything from Abu Ghraib" if they were ever released. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 12:28 am
[JURIST] The family of John Walker Lindh [CNN profile; JURIST news archive] said Wednesday that a clemency petition has been filed on their son's behalf, seeking to reduce his 20-year sentence in light of the nine-month sentence handed down to Australian David Hicks [JURIST report] last week. [read post]
20 Mar 2006, 11:40 pm
Michael Mori, the US Marine Corps lawyer representing Australian terror suspect David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website] in military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], said Monday that the "imbalanced system" at Guantanamo presents a significant risk that innocent individuals will be convicted while truly guilty suspects are given an avenue to [read post]
4 Feb 2007, 7:23 am
[JURIST] Australian Prime Minister John Howard [official website] spoke out Sunday in support of the Pentagon's decision to recharge 31-year-old David Hicks [JURIST news archive], the single Australian terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], notwithstanding US inclusion of a criminal count - providing material support to terrorists - that was only put into law four months ago. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 6:10 pm
Acknowledges Conviction of David Hicks, Guantanamo Detainee, Should Not Stand; Prosecutors acknowledge they accepted a guilty plea from an Australian man under a law that was passed after his alleged criminal conduct. [read post]
13 Aug 2004, 2:17 am
Defense lawyers for Australian David Hicks and three other Guantanamo Bay detainees are seeking to delay the military tribunals they face on charges including conspiracy, attempted murder by an unprivileged belligerent and aiding the enemy. [read post]