Church Step-Up Campaign to Release Australian in Guantanamo Bay

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Posted on January 28, 2007 Email To Friend Print Version

THE head of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council has said it is time to recognise the “injustice” suffered by Australian David Hicks during his two-year captivity in Guantanamo Bay ...

The "time has come for us to recognise that the injustice that he has suffered warrants some mercy and his freedom," Bishop Saunders said, according to a Catholic Weekly report ...

"And if he was to be found guilty that the five years he has spent in prison should be taken into account."

"Natural justice would dictate that they ought to be seriously considering dropping all charges against him ...

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