Saddam Hussein "was given a proper trial," asserts PM Howard. David Hicks remains incarcerated without charges.
Hussein, after three years, "has been brought to justice, following a process of fair trial and appeal," proclaims F…
Saddam Hussein "was given a proper trial," asserts PM Howard.
David Hicks remains incarcerated without charges.
Hussein, after three years, "h…
This link is to an official FBI report which details treatment that FBI people saw being handed out to Guantanamo Bay detainees. Click on Part I for an easy-read summary of the information contained in Part II. Note that the released information, obtaine…
The death sentence pronounced on Saddam Hussein by a dodgy judge appointed by a dodgy government propped up by a dodgy president who invaded Iraq on the flimsiest of false premises what a mockery of justice. What a shameful presidential legacy M.H. MacK…
In the Palm Island case, the coroner found the fatal blow by a police officer probably occurred when the man was comatose. If police are permitted to assault an unconscious person, leading to death, without facing any legal charge whatsoever, then the co…
It is surprising The Canberra Times chose to comment on a Queensland case, the death of Doomadgee (Editorial, December 18, p10. However, having elected to opine, it would have been preferable for a newspaper to have represented the interests of the pe…
I write to challenge Patrick Robertson’s claim that the AFP is not responsible for Australians being on death row in Indonesia (“AFP just doing its job”, December 10, p22).
If the AFP had waited until the Australians returned h…
It is encouraging to see a bipartisan report from the Federal Parliament’s Intelligence Committee recommends a wide-ranging review of current federal anti-terrorism laws.
The atrocities of 9/11, Bali and London understandably inspired fea…
The Law Council of Australia is irate at the Attorney-General Philip Ruddock’s treatment of David Hicks, so it’s no surprise that the legal profession’s dissatisfaction has been being reflected in Christmas cards. Here’s the 2006-7 card of Blumers Lawyer…
A group of eminent Australian lawyers have prepared an opinion about the continued detention of David Hicks in Guantanamo Bay and his proposed trial by a Military Commission. The opinion has potentially alarming implications for the Federal Government a…
