Gitmo Aussie has case for compo: lawyer

"A serious victim of torture"

"An international human rights lawyer says former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib has a strong case for compensation.

"Mr Habib arrived home in Sydney yesterday after more than three years in US detention.

"Although he has been released without facing any charges, the Federal Government says Mr Habib is still a person of concern.

"He will be monitored by ASIO and the police.

"The president of the Centre for Constitutional Rights in New York, Michael Ratner, says Mr Habib's case for compensation is strong.

"'You have the United States keeping him for three years - in humane treatment, sending him to Egypt where he was tortured,' he said.

"'What we should be talking about here is how we vindicate his right as a serious victim of torture."

"But Mr Ratner says it is likely to be some time before Mr Habib is ready to pursue any claim.

"'These are frequently people who are really traumatised by what happened to them,' Mr Ratner said."
Source: ABC Oz

Flashback to when Australia first found out about Mr Habib's arrest, months earlier as the US Government did not inform the Australian Government.

Pictured: Welcome home: Tom Gleeson of Mount Druitt joins other supporters to sign a card for Mamdouh Habib at a ceremony in the western suburbs of Sydney. (Reuters)