al Qa’ida Suspect, David Hicks, Returns to Australia
By Marie McInerney
ADELAIDE (Reuters) - The first Guantanamo Bay inmate convicted of supporting terrorism by a U.S. military court returned to Australia on Sunday under a veil of secrecy, but “elated” to serve out his remaining sentence at home.
December 21st, 2007 at 6:41 am
[…] None of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay have faced a trial. David Hicks, an Australian national formally held at the prison facility, side-stepped a trial following a plea agreement. Several other detainees, including recent British nationals, have been returned to their native countries to face prosecution there or through extradition. […]