On Australia Day, when we proudly sing, "Australians all, let us rejoice, for we are young and free", we should also remember the Anti-terrorism (No2) Bill which was rushed through Federal Parliament on December 6.
Along with ma…
Procedure and evidence rules in the latest Guantanamo Bay Military Commission manual ignores the US Supreme Court’s 2006 ruling and try to re-define war crimes, says US/Australian lawyer Robert Briggs. The case against Hicks could swing on ‘evidence’ of…
For over five years, David Hicks has been confined for 23 to 24 hours a day in a single cell at Guantanamo Bay, deprived of human contact, natural light and fresh air.
Years ago, similar prison practices in Australia at Katin…
CLA opposes any proposal for mandatory sentencing legislation.
Read CLA’s paper here (150kb PDF file).
