Whether or not David Hicks is guilty of a crime has yet to be determined.
He has been kept in a US military prison in Cuba for 4.5 years during which time all other western countries have removed their citizens.

The following from Major Michael Mori’s guest blog at www.getup.com.au

David has been detained for four and a half years without trial, and has been in isolation for the past four months. He sits in a concrete room for 23 hours a day. He is allowed one book per week and one hour outside his cell for exercise in what best could be described as a large dog kennel, and to shower….The Australian government keeps saying we can not prosecute David in Australia. That is simply because David has not violated any law, Australian or international – not that the laws don’t exist. If the charges against David in the commission system were valid international law crimes, Australia could charge him with these offenses. But the charges made up against David by the commission system are not real. Every time the Australian government says “we can not charge Hicks”, they are in fact saying “David Hicks has not violated any law”. But the Australian government tries to use this as a reason to abandon him. It should be reason to stand up for him and bring him home to his family.

There is an extremely important principle at stake here – people can not be held without trial. No matter what your opinion on David Hick’s motives or actions, he is being detained illegally and our government does nothing because most of us simply don’t care.

Get over to www.getup.com.au and sign the petition – we must protect our basic rights.