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Pictured: Happier times: Mamdouh Habib and family


Australia: "Prime Minister John Howard says he will give an appropriate response to a request that he push for a United States Senate inquiry into allegations of abuse at Guantanamo Bay.

"The lawyer for Australian detainee Mamdouh Habib, Stephen Hopper, wants Mr Howard to ask for the inquiry when he meets US President George W Bush next week.

"Mr Howard says an official investigation by US authorities has been sought into the allegations.

"Mr Hopper says the Australian Government does not seem to care about the allegations of abuse of Australian prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.

"'It shows how uncaring the Australian Government is towards one of its citizens,' Mr Hopper said."
Source: ABC Oz

"A 46 year-old Australian citizen; Mamdouh was arrested without charge while traveling on a bus heading to Karachi, Pakistan. He was transferred on May 4, 2002 to the notorious Camp X-Ray prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."
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