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...Australian David Hicks, 31, was recently handed a nine-month sentence by a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, and expects to be free by New Year's Eve after five years in legal limbo at the U.S. detention facility. Meanwhile, the so-called "American Taliban," John Walker Lindh, languishes in a super-max prison in Colorado, serving a 20-year term. The stark comparison between their punishments is the basis of a petition sent this week by Lindh's lawyers to President Bush and the Justice Department, calling for his sentence to be commuted. "This is a simple...
...charged in an American court on terrorism charges in the wake of 9/11. Lindh's lawyers have drawn a comparison between the treatment of their client and that of David Hicks, the Australian who admitted to fighting alongside the Taliban and training with al-Qaeda. Hicks's internment at Guantanamo amid allegations of torture and other mistreatment had become an issue in Australia, where Prime Minister John Howard - a strong supporter of President Bush's "war on terror" facing an upcoming election - was under growing pressure to get Hicks released and brought home. Earlier this year, Howard had reportedly urged...
...Tuesday a U.S. appeals court upheld a law that strips federal courts of jurisdiction over foreign prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Among those detainees are European terrorist suspects, who will continue to be denied due process. This will not sit well in Europe...
...point is that we can't do without the Europeans, so we need to address their legal concerns: close Guantanamo, renounce extraordinary renditions, and do whatever else it takes to get them back on the team - before it's too late...
...moment, there are some 395 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, including some who arrived there five years ago, shortly after 9/11...