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24-11-06, 10:07 AM
David Hicks: Five Years in Guantanamo
On December 9, David Hicks will have spent exactly five years interned in the US concentration camp at Guantanamo Bay. During this time he has been held in solitary confinement for months on end, been interrogated countless times, suffered various forms of torture and sensory deprivation, and has been denied the fundamental right to a fair trial.
The Australian government is entirely complicit in this human rights violation. John Howard, Philip Ruddock and Alexander Downer have refused to call for Hicks to be released, instead going along with the Bush administration’s phoney military commissions, which violate the Geneva Conventions and which are condemned by the Red Cross, Amnesty International, and the British government among many others.
Civil Rights Defence is holding a rally in Melbourne as part of a National Day of Action to call for the immediate release of David Hicks and his repatriation to Australia.
International Day of Action for David Hicks - Melbourne
2pm Saturday 9 December
Federation Square, Melbourne (with simultaneous events in Sydney,
Canberra and Adelaide, as well as in the UK)
Speakers include:
Major Michael Mori, David Hicks' US lawyer;
Les Thomas, CRD member and brother of Jack Thomas;
Nicole Bieske, Amnesty International Australia;
Lex Lasry, QC;
Nicola Roxon, Shadow Attorney General;
Brian Walters, Liberty Victoria;
Michelle O'Neil, Textile, Clothing, Footwear Union;
Rob Stary, civil libertarian and lawyer
David Hicks: Five years in hell
Close Guantanamo! Bring David Home!
Organised by Amnesty International, Liberty Victoria and Civil Rights
Defence
For more information, call 0407 856 628
Sydney
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FIVE YEARS TOO LONG
BRING DAVID HOME NOW
Close Guantanamo prison camp
Stop the war on civil liberties
SATURDAY DECEMBER 9
12 NOON @ SYDNEY TOWN HALL
Speakers: Senator Kerry Nettle, Andrew Ferguson, Brett Collins, John Dowd (tbc), Philip Bolton (tbc),...
Wear orange, bring drums...
December 9 marks the fifth year of imprisonment for David Hicks with no chance of his release in sight. He remains in legal limbo. David, like more than 700 men and minors who have gone through the US naval base prison camp of Guantánamo, has endured physical and psychological torture.
Britain, Bahrain, Denmark, France, Jordan, Pakistan, Russia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden and even Afghanistan have successfully negotiated the release of their citizens from the hell hole of Guantánamo.
Just a phone call from the Australian Prime Minister John Howard, or Attorney General Philip Ruddock, could mean the immediate release, repatriation and end of torture for David
Human rights and civil liberties groups and organisations have come together to organise a National Day of Action calling for the repatriation of David Hicks and the closure of Guantánamo.
Events taking place in: Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Canberra & Sydney.
Endorsed by: Terry Hicks, Fair Go for David, Justice Action, Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network (AMCRAN), Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group, CFMEU, Civil Rights Defence Melbourne, Islamic Friendship Assoc., Just Peace WA, Pennant Hills Peace Group, Western Sydney Peace Group, Research Initiative in International Activism (RIIA); Communist Party of Aust.; Socialist Alliance; Socialist Alternative; NSW Greens; Senator Kerry Nettle; Daryl Melham, Labor MP; Dr Tim Anderson, Civil Liberties Campaigner; Brian Brunt, PNG Human Rights Lawyer, …
Organised by: Justice for Hicks Habib, Stop the War Coalition
Co-sponsored by Fair Go for David
For more information or to add your endorsement
Contact Marlene on 0401 758 871 or Anna on 0401 900 690
Or access http://www.fairgofordavid.org
(http://www.fairgofordavid.org/)http://www.stopwarcoalition.org (http://www.stopwarcoalition.org/)
SOURCE: CivilRightsDefence.org
On December 9, David Hicks will have spent exactly five years interned in the US concentration camp at Guantanamo Bay. During this time he has been held in solitary confinement for months on end, been interrogated countless times, suffered various forms of torture and sensory deprivation, and has been denied the fundamental right to a fair trial.
The Australian government is entirely complicit in this human rights violation. John Howard, Philip Ruddock and Alexander Downer have refused to call for Hicks to be released, instead going along with the Bush administration’s phoney military commissions, which violate the Geneva Conventions and which are condemned by the Red Cross, Amnesty International, and the British government among many others.
Civil Rights Defence is holding a rally in Melbourne as part of a National Day of Action to call for the immediate release of David Hicks and his repatriation to Australia.
International Day of Action for David Hicks - Melbourne
2pm Saturday 9 December
Federation Square, Melbourne (with simultaneous events in Sydney,
Canberra and Adelaide, as well as in the UK)
Speakers include:
Major Michael Mori, David Hicks' US lawyer;
Les Thomas, CRD member and brother of Jack Thomas;
Nicole Bieske, Amnesty International Australia;
Lex Lasry, QC;
Nicola Roxon, Shadow Attorney General;
Brian Walters, Liberty Victoria;
Michelle O'Neil, Textile, Clothing, Footwear Union;
Rob Stary, civil libertarian and lawyer
David Hicks: Five years in hell
Close Guantanamo! Bring David Home!
Organised by Amnesty International, Liberty Victoria and Civil Rights
Defence
For more information, call 0407 856 628
Sydney
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FIVE YEARS TOO LONG
BRING DAVID HOME NOW
Close Guantanamo prison camp
Stop the war on civil liberties
SATURDAY DECEMBER 9
12 NOON @ SYDNEY TOWN HALL
Speakers: Senator Kerry Nettle, Andrew Ferguson, Brett Collins, John Dowd (tbc), Philip Bolton (tbc),...
Wear orange, bring drums...
December 9 marks the fifth year of imprisonment for David Hicks with no chance of his release in sight. He remains in legal limbo. David, like more than 700 men and minors who have gone through the US naval base prison camp of Guantánamo, has endured physical and psychological torture.
Britain, Bahrain, Denmark, France, Jordan, Pakistan, Russia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden and even Afghanistan have successfully negotiated the release of their citizens from the hell hole of Guantánamo.
Just a phone call from the Australian Prime Minister John Howard, or Attorney General Philip Ruddock, could mean the immediate release, repatriation and end of torture for David
Human rights and civil liberties groups and organisations have come together to organise a National Day of Action calling for the repatriation of David Hicks and the closure of Guantánamo.
Events taking place in: Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Canberra & Sydney.
Endorsed by: Terry Hicks, Fair Go for David, Justice Action, Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network (AMCRAN), Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group, CFMEU, Civil Rights Defence Melbourne, Islamic Friendship Assoc., Just Peace WA, Pennant Hills Peace Group, Western Sydney Peace Group, Research Initiative in International Activism (RIIA); Communist Party of Aust.; Socialist Alliance; Socialist Alternative; NSW Greens; Senator Kerry Nettle; Daryl Melham, Labor MP; Dr Tim Anderson, Civil Liberties Campaigner; Brian Brunt, PNG Human Rights Lawyer, …
Organised by: Justice for Hicks Habib, Stop the War Coalition
Co-sponsored by Fair Go for David
For more information or to add your endorsement
Contact Marlene on 0401 758 871 or Anna on 0401 900 690
Or access http://www.fairgofordavid.org
(http://www.fairgofordavid.org/)http://www.stopwarcoalition.org (http://www.stopwarcoalition.org/)
SOURCE: CivilRightsDefence.org