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alp227

(32,034 posts) Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:15 AM Jul 2012

Australia drops David Hicks memoir profits case

Source: BBC

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks can profit from his memoir after Australian prosecutors dropped a case to seize the income.

The case was brought by the government under a law banning profits from crime.

Hicks' book, entitled Guantanamo, My Journey, tells the story of his incarceration at the detention centre in Cuba.

He spent five years at the facility before pleading guilty to providing material support for terrorism.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-18964817

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1. Bid to seize profits from sale of Hicks memoir fails

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:11 PM

Jul 2012

July 25, 2012
Louise Hall, Paul Bibby

... Mr Hicks was in court for the decision. Outside the court, the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner said he was unfairly pursued by the Australian government.

''In a way, I feel that this has cleared my name and I hope now that the Australian government acknowledges that Guantanamo Bay and everything connected with it is illegal,'' he said.

''I've always felt that it's always been political, whether back in the days of Guantanamo Bay and now I've been out for four years and we're still going and there's been some closure to that today.

''If there was actually any evidence, if any crime had been committed, we would have been able to proceed at court but they've pulled the pin" ...

http://www.smh.com.au/national/bid-to-seize-profits-from-sale-of-hicks-memoir-fails-20120724-22nc7.html

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