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David Hicks abused at Guantanamo: lawyer
"Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks's lawyer, Stephen Kenny, says his client has been abused and his human rights violated while in United States detention.
"Mr Kenny says he is unable to detail the abuses because of confidentiality agreements with US authorities, but says they do not involve sexual abuse.
"He says they date back to 2002 and go beyond stress-and-duress techniques used by interrogators.
"Mr Kenny says he is convinced that the abuses were orchestrated and organised at high levels of the US command structure.
"'All I can say is the manner in which these activities were carried out make it fairly clear to me that they simply were not the excesses of individuals,' he said.
"Federal Shadow Attorney-General Nicola Roxon says the Government must take the allegations seriously ..."
Source: ABC Oz
David Hicks abused at Guantanamo: lawyer
"Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks's lawyer, Stephen Kenny, says his client has been abused and his human rights violated while in United States detention.
"Mr Kenny says he is unable to detail the abuses because of confidentiality agreements with US authorities, but says they do not involve sexual abuse.
"He says they date back to 2002 and go beyond stress-and-duress techniques used by interrogators.
"Mr Kenny says he is convinced that the abuses were orchestrated and organised at high levels of the US command structure.
"'All I can say is the manner in which these activities were carried out make it fairly clear to me that they simply were not the excesses of individuals,' he said.
"Federal Shadow Attorney-General Nicola Roxon says the Government must take the allegations seriously ..."
Source: ABC Oz
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