David Hicks - Guantanamo Bay
We fought hard for justice for David Hicks and exposed the injustices of the military commission process and the inhumanity of Guantanamo Bay.
We are opposed to the military commission process in the US because it removes the right to a speedy trial, the right to habeas corpus and the right for a detainee to challenge unjust treatment.
While we are glad David Hicks has returned to Australia we want to ensure detainees are treated lawfully and in keeping with Australian democratic values.
| We propose to: |
| > |
Continue to expose the injustices of the military commission process; |
| > |
Call for the US Government to close Guantanamo Bay; |
| > |
Push for the enactment of a Democrat-initiated Repatriation of Citizens Bill 2007 which would require the prompt repatriation of Australian citizens detained overseas where there is an infringement of their human rights; |
| > |
Pressure the Government to enter additional International Transfer of Prisoners arrangements with countries that have poor human rights records where, in some instances, citizens face the death penalty; and |
| > |
Speak out against any attempts to pass retrospective domestic laws which may apply to Australian citizens detained and charged abroad. |
For more information please see our Action Plan 'David Hicks - Guantanamo Bay'.
See our other Action Plans on human rights and justice.
Our actions in the Senate
Private Members Bill: Repatriation of Citizens Bill 2007
Senator Lyn Allison and Senator Natasha Stott Despoja tabled a Private Members Bill in the Senate which would require the Australian Government to promptly provide repatriation of Australian citizens held in detention outside Australia where there is an infringement of their human rights under international conventions.
Read the Bill
Read the second reading of the Bill
29 March 2007 |
Australian Parliamentarians ask US Congress to bring David Hicks home
A letter initiated by the Australian Democrats to the Speaker of the United States Congress, Nancy Pelosi, asking that steps be immediately put in place to return David Hicks to Australia, has been signed by 96 Senators and Members of Parliament from the Labor Party, Greens, Independents and National Party.
View the letter
View the media release
2 February 2007 |
MOTION: David Hicks - Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, 7 December 2006
MOTION: David Hicks - Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, 9 November 2006
MOTION: David Hicks - Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, 21 June 2006
ADJOURNMENT: Mr David Hicks & Mr Des Colquhoun - Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, 20 June 2006
THE ADVERTISER: Speak out about Guantanamo in the name of democracy - Natasha Stott Despoja, 5 June 2006
More Democrats MEDIA RELEASES
More Democrats SPEECHES
More Democrats ARTICLES
|
