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

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the decision by the British Court of Appeal to reject any further appeals by the Home Office to block Mr David Hicks’ British citizenship application,

(ii)

the repatriation of nine British citizens, previously detained at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, by the British Government,

(iii)

that Mr Hicks’ primary citizenship is Australian, and

(iv)

that Mr Hicks has now been held at Guantanamo Bay for more than 4 years in contravention of his fundamental human rights; and

(b)

calls on the Government to either repatriate Mr Hicks to Australia or to confirm that it will not discourage the repatriation of Mr Hicks to the United Kingdom if it enters into dialogue on the issue with either the United States of America or the United Kingdom.

Question negatived.