Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Is the minister aware that the British government has had all of its alleged prisoners of war repatriated from Guantanamo Bay, that the Australian citizen David Hicks has now been a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay for four years, that the United States recently refused the United Nations full access to the prison and that the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair; the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel; the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan; and leading international jurists have all condemned Guantanamo Bay? What efforts have the government made in the light of Prime Minister Blair’s condemnation of the facility to secure the release of Mr Hicks? How long will the government allow Mr Hicks to remain a prisoner of the American forces at Guantanamo Bay?