*Ø* Latest on Hicks kangaroo court

"We give more rights to child molesters and mass murderers than this man is getting as a prisoner of war"

Hicks unlikely to get fair trial, lawyer says
"TONY JONES: An independent legal report has concluded that [alleged – PW] Australian Taliban fighter David Hicks will not receive a fair trial in Guantanamo Bay.

"But the Federal Government says it won't intervene apart from questioning minor procedural matters ...

"LEX LASRY, LAW COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA: This military commission is not independent, it is a creation of the executive of the US Government and controlled by it.

"It is not set up under legislation like courts are.

It has no independence from the US Department of Defence ...

JOHN DOWD: Clearly, the Australian Government is not prepared to challenge the government of the United States on this issue.

We give more rights to child molesters and mass murderers than this man is getting as a prisoner of war."
Source: Lateline


Law Council says send Hicks home
"The Law Council of Australia is calling on the Federal Government to remove Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks from the US military commission process that he's now involved in, and if necessary bring him home."
Source: The World Today

Judge orders US to release Guantanamo records
"Manhattan Federal Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein says the Bush administration has responded at a 'glacial pace' to requests for the documents, first made in October 2003.

"'If the documents are more of an embarrassment than a secret, the public should know of our Government's treatment of individuals captured and held abroad,' he said.

"A spokeswoman for the US Attorney General's office could not be contacted by Reuters for comment."
Source: ABC [Oz] News