David Hicks - First Public Appearance

NEWSFLASH: David Hicks has chosen to break his silence for the first time. Watch his video message to GetUp members and sign the petition below calling for a full review of our anti-terror laws, including the unnecessary control orders.

History will remember the Bush-Howard era of national security as one marked by draconian anti-terrorism laws that encouraged a climate of fear and did little to protect us from terrorism. With the end of that era, we now have a chance to write a new chapter of history.

An independent review and watchdog can weed out the most abhorrent features of the system while ensuring a more robust and accountable system that keeps us safe.

Tell the Government you are ready for a new era in national security by signing the petition.

32,473 have joined this campaign - help us get to 35,000.

Petition text:

Dear Prime Minister,

We expect a trusted counter-terrorism system that responds to legitimate threats, not imagined or political ones. That means not sacrificing our rights and legal principles in the name of preventative detention, control orders and sedition laws. We call on you to conduct an urgent independent review of all 44 pieces of anti-terror legislation and create an independent watchdog to monitor their use and necessity.

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[aussiemediamonitors]

why wasn't this on the news or did i miss it? He looks like his has been really traumatised!

[CrossMediaOwnership]

It had news coverage on the 20th of Nov 08.

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David was held without trial and only released when he agreed to plead guilty.

America is an enemy to Australia if it imprisons our citizens without trial - then forces confessions by the use of torture techniques and deprivation of basic human rights.

Just because they hold someone off US soil does not excuse this bullsh#t Gestapo tactic.

Barack Obama is Bush's good mate (and relative).

Nothing's going to change in the land of the slaves.

[AussieRedneck09]

David Hicks you trained with a known Terrorist organisation that were responsible for killing 3000 US citizens on 9/11 81 Australians at the Bali bombings and thousands more allied lives during the afghanistan war....YOU SHOULD BE EXECUTED AS A TRAITOR .......Stop trying to make people feel sorry for you ...your bloody lucky to be here ......YOU ARE A TERRORIST AND A TRAITIOR TO THIS COUNTRY AND OUR ALLIES......

[Caydn]

Hicks should be deported to India to face charges for shooting at its people from across the border in pakistan

[ThePimpdaddy187]

Good book. Too much about Islam but interesting story.

[zzsharka]

America initially trained and paid the Taliban to fight the Russians, sold weapons of mass destruction to many evil dictators e.g Sadam against Iran, The Turkish government when they were getting rid of the kurds (ethnic cleansing) Columbia when they had the worst civil rights in the NOrthern Hemisphere etc so it's very ironic that they do this to David Hicks not that it surprises me.

[zzsharka]

@CrossMediaOwnership Do you really believe Obama and Bush are related ? come on dude !

[Lobonsky]

Get up and get out scumbag!

[garygutz]

Why doesn't he use his muslem name and answer why he was where he was,when he was??

[gregoryjround]

Listen to The Silk Road (Guantanamo) the David Hicks story as told by music at gregoryjround . com

[CrossMediaOwnership]

OlderG0ds, U say David Hicks was CONVICTED of providing material support 2 the terrorists in 2001???

He was held without a trial...

that's WITHOUT A TRIAL!!!

So sorry but please get UR facts straight before U go around calling people retarded.

Also google the facts about the blood link between Bush and Obama. There's been plenty of reports about the connection on NBC, CBS etc main-stream news 2 so that's a source U could checkout if U wanted to see 4 URself.

Anyway buddy...

Take it easy.

[OlderG0ds]

wow you're a fucking retard if you think Bush and Obama are anyway related. lmfao.

Australian citizen or not, David Hicks was allegedly working with the Taliban and trained at al-qaeda linked training camps and was convicted of providing material support to the terrorists in 2001.

Whether or not this is true is beyond me, but me thinks he put himself in that situation.