It's revealing how many on this forum don't give a fig for the rule of law - and due process.

otb,

The BBC link that I cited for your benefit
earlier - is relevant - especially considering the
current decision that has now resulted
from the Americans.

As for your persistence
in wanting people to compensate the man -
and also send flowers. Well, that is of no interest to
me.However, you may try sending an email to Mr Shorten and
the Greens to show them how much you care.
Your obvious interest in this matter
shows just how much you care in human
rights issues which must be comforting for your family.
So, as I said previously -
go right ahead and do lead by example.
We will be most impressed.

Dear Poirot,

The Australian Government (then and now) also
does not give a fig about laws or due process.

Dan Mori the American lawyer who represented Mr Hicks while
Hicks was in Guantanamo Bay has stated that our
government and our then PM John Howard should not
have let the Hicks case proceed.

Mori stated that
the Australian Government, Prime Minister John Howard,
Attorney General Philip Ruddock, and the Foreign
Affairs Minister Downer, were all warned by a panel of
experts from Australia that it was not a valid offence
and David Hicks should not have been charged.

Finally that has now been validated.

Yeah, get off his back ! He was wrongly captured while on holiday in Afghanistan, guarding what he thought was a large armoured 4WD, after having been sight-seeing on the Pakistan-India border, with a machine gun for his own protection (its a fairly lawless area there).

Anyway, at the time in Australia, there was no law against his terrorist acts, therefore he is completely innocent of having broken any 'law' at that particular time. Firing on Indian troops was not a crime back then, so leave him alone.

I look forward to Mr Hicks' travels back to India in the distant future.

Joe

Foxy, our 'reactive' approach towards terrorism hasn't worked in the past, and it's only very recently that we are now being proactive in our fight against this imported crime.

We need to go further and ban Islam, Muslim faith, jihad, whatever some wish to call it from our peace loving nation and this Hicks thug is little more than a home grown terrorist and, if he still follows the faith chances are he will re offend.

While I would prefer to see the death penalty world wide for any association with terrorism what so ever,I accept this will never happen but the least we can do is deport them immediately as had we acted like that that poor lady and the guy killed at Martin pace would still be alive today.

The abc/alp/Greens are probably grooming him for a seat in one of the Sydney ghettos. They are good at making traitors heroes.

Dear rehctub,

The man - Man Haron Monis -
who was responsible for the Sydney seige
had severe mental problems and was well known to police.
He should not have been released from jail -
and out on the streets. You can't blame his actions
on religion. He was a mental basket case - who should
have been arrested and kept in prison after his first
offence - he had over 40 offences and was still being
released on bail.

As far as David Hicks is concerned - the following link
is worth a read from Antony Loewenstein. Although it was
written in 2013 - it summarises exactly what David Hicks
did and what happened to him as a result and it is still
relevant today.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/18/david-hicks-deserves-an-apology