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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I ask the minister to define what he means by David Hicks not being in solitary confinement. Minister, there have been three suicides recently at Guantanamo Bay. Professor McCoy says that this system of total psychological torture is designed to break down every detainee. It is designed to produce a state of hopelessness and despair that leads in this case to suicides. The International Red Cross, the United Nations Committee against Torture and even the FBI now say that America is torturing detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Why is your government allowing its great and powerful friend to torture Australian citizens?