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WIFE WANTS MORE DONE FOR SECOND GUANTANAMO AUSTRALIAN
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
06716929
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RIFPUB
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1
Document Creation Date:
December 28, 2022
Document Release Date:
May 15, 2018
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Case Number:
F-2018-00242
Publication Date:
May 7, 2002
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Approved for Release: 2018/05/01 C06716929
PREC: R DIG: 071215ZMAY02
FROM: FBIS RESTON VA
UNCLAS
WARNING: TOPIC: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, TERRORISM
SERIAL: 5EP20020507000098
COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA, AFGHANISTAN, UNITED STATES
SUBJ: WIFE WANTS MORE DONE FOR SECOND GUANTANAMO AUSTRALIAN
SOURCE: MELBOURNE RADIO AUSTRALIA IN ENGLISH 0100 GMT 7 MAY 02
TEXT:
[FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT] WIFE WANTS MORE DONE FOR SECOND
GUANTANAMO AUSTRALIAN
TEXT OF REPORT BY RADIO AUSTRALIA ON 7 MAY
THE LAWYER FOR AN AUSTRALIAN MAN BEING DETAINED AT A US MILITARY
PRISON IN CUBA SAYS HE IS BEING DENIED HIS RIGHTS TO LEGAL
REPRESENTATION. SIMON LAUDER REPORTS THE 46-YEAR-OLD SYDNEY MAN IS
ACCUSED OF HAVING TRAINED WITH THE TERRORIST NETWORK AL-QA'IDAH.
[LAUDER] MAMDOUH HABIB WAS TAKEN INTO US CUSTODY LAST MONTH AND
TRANSFERRED TO GUANTANAMO BAY ON THE WEEKEND [4 MAY]. THE
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, DARYL WILLIAMS, SAYS THE US HAS AGREED FOR
AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES TO INTERVIEW MR HABIB LATER THIS MONTH, BUT
MR HABIB'S LAWYER, STEVEN HOPPER, IS UNHAPPY HE WON'T BE WON'T BE
ALLOWED ACCESS.
[HOPPER] UNDER THE RULE OF LAW, EVERYONE SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO
LEGAL REPRESENTATION WHEN THEY'RE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING, AND MR
HABIB IS BEING DENIED THAT.
[LAUDER] MR HABIB'S WIFE, MAHA, SAYS THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
HAS FAILED TO SECURE HER HUSBAND'S RIGHTS.
[MAHA HABIB] THEY SAID THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT HIM AND
TRYING TO GET ACCESS THROUGH TO HIM, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
DOING ENOUGH.
[LAUDER] MR HABIB, JOINS DAVID HICKS AS THE SECOND AUSTRALIAN TO
BE DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO BAY..
[DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE: MELBOURNE RADIO AUSTRALIA IN ENGLISH --
GOVERNMENT-FUNDED OVERSEAS SERVICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING
CORPORATION]
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