Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move general business notice of motion No. 393 as amended:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the United Nations report condemning the operation of Guantanamo Bay as a military detention facility;

(b)

supports calls by the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, to close the military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay;

(c)

notes the decision by the Government of the United States of America to release 119 detainees from the facility to their countries of citizenship; and

(d)

calls on the Australian Government to either facilitate the repatriation of Australian citizen, Mr David Hicks, now held at the facility for more than 4 years, or to insist that he is provided with a fair trial in accordance with his basic human rights.

Question put: