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HICKS: Not a Happy Birthday!

Justice for Hicks & Habib | 05.08.2005 01:55 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Health | World

'It is time for the Australian Government to request David Hicks' repatriation, before it is too late,' Mrs Obeid added.

Imprisoned and tortured for 3 years and 9 months!
Imprisoned and tortured for 3 years and 9 months!


AUSTRALIA/CUBA/US :David Hicks, the Australian imprisoned at the US Base of Guantanamo Bay, will be 30 years old this coming Monday August 7, 2005.

Justice for Hicks and Habib campaigner, Marlene Obeid, said: 'David has been imprisoned and tortured for 3 years and 9 months now. Another birthday in the hellhole of Guantanamo -- nothing to be happy about.'

Mr Hicks' Australian solicitor, David McLeod, found in a recent visit to the US Base that his client is losing his eyesight, has severe back problems, and his mental condition is rapidly deteriorating.

The British Government successfully negotiated the release of nine Britons held imprisoned at Guantanamo. Five were released in March 2004, while the last four were released in January 2005. None of these were charged in spite of US Military officials alleging that four of them were trained and involved in military activities in Afghanistan.

A US citizen, Yaser Esam Hamdi, who was captured in similar circumstances to David Hicks was freed in September 2004 after two and a half years imprisoned, and agreeing to renounce to his US citizenship and renouncing to terrorism.

'It is time for the Australian Government to request David Hicks' repatriation, before it is too late,' Mrs Obeid added.

For further information contact Marlene Obeid on 0401 758 871

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Related:

Family says son was forgotten

The Australian Government in February said the US military said it was preparing to release Mr Rafiq because it no longer considered him a security risk.

More:  http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/8843

WAR ON TERROR, WAR ON HUMAN RIGHTS: AMNESTY

As the Australian media focuses on Douglas Wood, the Australian currently held hostage in Iraq, concerned about unfair deprivation of liberty, the plight of three other Australians, David Hicks, Ahmed Aziz Rafiq and Mamdouh Habib, has been largely forgotten.

More:  http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/front.php3?article_id=55474&group=webcast

"War on Terror"

The "War on Terror" Must Not Be an Excuse to Deny Human Rights

September 11, 2001, caused many to reflect upon the fundamental values on which this country was founded: freedom of speech, respect for human dignity, freedom of religion, justice for all, tolerance. It is imperative that the United States stand for the principles of unalienable, universal rights. Otherwise, those who wage war on human rights will have won the battle against freedom. Amnesty International is concerned the "war on terror" not become an excuse to deny human rights.

More:  http://www.amnestyusa.org/waronterror/index.do

ICOPA XI

Hobart, Tasmania. 7-11th of February 2006

The agenda and the form of the conference is now open. Papers can be submitted by emailing:  icopa@justiceaction.org.au

The following are themes to be explored and expanded at the conference:

* The Politics of Imprisonment

Northern Ireland, Palestine and the Middle East, (Post) Colonial Justice Nigeria and West Africa, South Africa: ANC , Brazil, USA, Canada.

* Contemporary Forms of Penal Custom
Human Rights & Imprisonment: a Global Perspective, International trends, Imprisonment of Women, Marionization and Political Dissent in the USA, Refugee and Immigration Prisons, Prisons under Occupation.

* Post Carceral Resettlement
Organising Inside: Prisoners' resistance and the Outside Community, Writing and Art as Resistance, Barriers to Reintegration, Surveillance, Organising in the Community - Exprisoners' Organisations, Convict Criminology.

* Action Now
Proposals for the future.

* Registration and Workshop participation
To register for the conference or express interest in participation, please use the following - email form.

We will be linking with the ANZSOC criminology conference happening from 7-9th of February 2006 in Tasmania. They haven't finalised the program yet, but do plan to have four plenary sessions around the theme of Human Rights:
* Prisoners and Human Rights
* Refugees and Human Rights
* State Crime and Human Rights
* Terrorism, Racism and Human Rights

More info:
 http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink\bocsar\bocsar.nsf/pages/index

SEE YOU IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND 2006!

Tasmania is an ideal place to discuss punishment. It used to be called Van Dieman's Land, and was the place where most of the original convicts were sent from England from 1788 until the 1850's. It was the ultimate as a penal colony, was almost entirely a prison, and changed its name to avoid the historic shame. It had penal settlements where convicts were tortured - all well documented. And the convict responses are very special learning experiences, still valid today.

The agenda and the form of the conference is now open. Papers can be submitted by emailing:  icopa@justiceaction.org.au. The following are themes to be explored and expanded upon at the conference: The Politics of Imprisonment, Contemporary Forms of Penal Custom, Post Carceral Resettlement and others.

More:  http://www.justiceaction.org.au/ICOPA/icopa_XI.html


















Justice for Hicks & Habib
- e-mail: ja@justiceaction.org.au
- Homepage: http://www.justiceaction.org.au

Comments

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Oh, the poor lamb

05.08.2005 22:18

*sniff*
Oh, that's so sad.
I can hardly contain my tears of sorrow for poor David and his fellow jihad warriors.

Bob


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