AAP General News (Australia)
12-19-2003
Fed: Court shows US finally putting justice first - lawyer
An Australian lawyer says a US appeals court decision to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees
access to lawyers shows America is finally putting justice before politics.
The ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled yesterday in a 2-1 decision
that all 660 detainees being held without charge at the US military base should have access
to lawyers and US courts.
It's the first such ruling by a US court.
Among those detained at Guantanamo Bay are Australians MAMDOUH HABIB and DAVID HICKS.
HABIB's lawyer STEPHEN HOPPER says the decision by the US court vindicates what he's
been saying all along -- that it's not right for the Americans to hold the suspects without
charge.
AAP RTV smb/sd/rca/jas
KEYWORD: US GUANTANAMO HOPPER (SYDNEY)
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