LAWYER URGES PM TO SPEAK UP FOR GUANTANAMO AUSTRALIAN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06716946
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: May 15, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-00242
• Publication Date: July 8, 2003

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WARNING: TOPIC: TERRORISM, INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS
SERIAL: 5EP20030707000110
COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES, AFGHANISTAN
SUBJ: LAWYER URGES PM TO SPEAK UP FOR GUANTANAMO AUSTRALIAN
SOURCE: MELBOURNE RADIO AUSTRALIA IN ENGLISH 0700 GMT 8 JUL 03
TEXT:
[FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT] LAWYER URGES PM TO SPEAK UP FOR
GUANTANAMO AUSTRALIAN
TEXT OF REPORT BY RADIO AUSTRALIA ON 8 JULY
THE AMERICAN LAWYER FOR ALLEGED AUSTRALIAN TALEBAN FIGHTER DAVID
HICKS SAYS THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD DEMAND FAIR TREATMENT
FOR HIS CLIENT. MR HICKS IS ONE OF SIX DETAINEES DEEMED ELIGIBLE
FOR TRIAL ON CHARGES RELATING TO HIS ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH THE
TALEBAN IN AFGHANISTAN.
MINNESOTA LAWYER JOE MARGULIES SAYS IT IS UP TO THE PRIME
MINISTER, JOHN HOWARD, TO PUSH FOR A FAIR TRIAL.
[MARGULIES] IF HE CARES ABOUT WHETHER HE GETS A FAIR TRIAL,
THERE OUGHT TO BE THE MOST STRENUOUS DIPLOMATIC OBJECTIONS ON
BEHALF OF A NATION THAT HAS BEEN THE UNITED STATES' CLOSEST ALLY.
[DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE: MELBOURNE RADIO AUSTRALIA IN ENGLISH --
GOVERNMENT-FUNDED OVERSEAS SERVICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING
CORPORATION]
THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND
DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT
OWNERS.
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