SA: Lawyers in Federal Court bid to free Hicks

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2006
SA: Lawyers in Federal Court bid to free Hicks

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee DAVID HICKS .. have applied for an urgent hearing
in the Federal Court in Sydney .. to bring him home by Christmas.

HICKS' Adelaide-based lawyer DAVID MCLEOD says papers will be filed against the federal
government .. for failing to provide adequate assistance to an Australian citizen abroad.

Mr MCLEOD'S told ABC radio it's a unique approach .. and he hopes the Federal Court
will hear the matter in the next few weeks.





HICKS has been in custody since he was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 after the US invasion.

He's been charged with attempted murder .. conspiracy to commit war crimes .. and aiding
the enemy.

He's expected to face a revised form of military commission .. after recent moves in
the US to change the laws governing their operation.

AAP RTV tjd/rt/jmt

KEYWORD: HICKS (ADELAIDE)

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