David Hicks granted end to restrictions

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Thursday, 20 November 2008

Hicks granted end to restrictions

Australian police have said they will not seek
to extend an order limiting the movements of
former Guantanamo Bay inmate and terror
convict David Hicks.

The move came just hours after Hicks spoke
publicly for the first time to make a video
appeal to be allowed to "get on with my life".

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Under the so-called "control order", Hicks is
subject to a midnight-to-dawn curfew, has
restrictions placed on his travel and has to
report to the police twice a week.

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He said: "I thought that I'd be able to start
getting on with rebuilding my life after my
control order expires this December, but I'm
concerned that the AFP (Australian Federal
Police) will recommend the attorney general
imposes a new control order.

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