John HoWARd, Alexander Downer, Phillip Ruddock, Robert Hill, to name just a few....HOW DO YOU PLEAD?Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib's lawyer says he will seek compensation from the New South Wales Government after police revealed his client's address to the media.
Lawyer Stephen Hopper says a member of the New South Wales police force told a journalist where the Habib family was living in western Sydney?
Mr Hopper and a member of the Habib family went to the western Sydney home in the early hours of yesterday morning and found it had been broken into and several rooms had been disturbed? He says the Habib's will have to move because their address has been revealed.
"They've been trying very carefully to keep their location private and we'll be seeking compensation from the New South Wales Government to assist them to move," Mr Hopper said.
"We'll also be laying a complaint with the Ombudsman about the behaviour of New South Wales police officers breaching the privacy of my clients."
Mr Hopper added: "Up until now, no-one had known where they were or where they lived.
"The New South Wales police have done this; they've gone and advised a journalist that it was their home, so it's a matter the New South Wales Government will have to address."
A spokesman for NSW Police Minister Carl Scully says he will wait to hear from Mr Hopper in writing before commenting.
Meanwhile, police investigations are continuing into the break-in at Mr Habib's house.
Mr Hopper says his client is coping well despite the latest incident.
"He's doing as well as can be expected in the circumstances," Mr Hopper said.
"He's, the family's in good spirits having him back, he's still getting used to life in Australia. He's got some serious medical issues that have to be dealt with and in due course some public statements will be made about what's happened to him."
In other developments:
Habib burgled as PM says he may yet be charged
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib may still face charges after Fascist Prime Minister John HoWARd yesterday said he could not rule out the chance he would be charged in the future?
Perhaps this innocent, tortured man should be charged with conspiring to allow the US to torture him at the behest of warmonger John HoWARd and his cronies, who were complicit in this unlawful and degrading crime against humanity.
After Habib was taunted and profiled in Australia by the authorities, ADF, ASIO, AFP here. HoWARd and his cronies went on to allow Mr Habib to be kidnapped by the USA, while they just looked on and watched.....Actually they did not just look on and watch I lie. They arranged for a lot of media spin and continued to run Mr Habib down and continued to let it happen for 3 years like 'show-room dummies'. Another name for that is complicity to torture an Australian citizen.
The spin-doctors
Mr Habib was clearly not involved in the attacks of September 11, 2001, as the US Government previously claimed because that was a USA false flag operation and a call t arms for resource wars in the Middle East mainly for Oil.
Now the HoWARd Government says it has evidence that Habib received training in terrorism camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Well, put up or shut up!
So after three years of torture and no charges by either the US or Australia all we have are media spin-doctors showing news clips of people in training camps and placing Habib in the picture like many we've seen before. Very sad that our mainstream media have stooped so low as to protect criminals and people who continue to commit crimes against humanity in this country against our citizens.
The question is HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? Your guess is as good as mine!
Police investigation
When are police going to take a statement off Mr Habib and investigate the perpetrators of this heinous crime? Why does Mr Habib have to sue prior these offenders being brought to justice or pay to have this matter investigated when it should be investigated by the police? Police who have to uphold the law and prosecute the offenders of this crime against humanity here and abroad. Did the DPP get a statement of Mr Habib by the police who investigated this crime? When are they going to get it?
Let HoWARd and his cronies clear their name by a jury of their peers after the police discover the facts of this matter and take a statement from Mr Habib. John HoWARd, Alexander Downer, Phillip Ruddock, Robert Hill, to name just a few:.HOW DO YOU PLEAD?
BREAK AND ENTER: NSW POLICE
Police will be able to break into your home without your knowledge and no less than a common criminal not tell their victims that they are doing it.
AFP: The unlikely CRIMINAL
It was born of a bombing and it made its name after a far more devastating act of terrorism. But for most of the 25 years in between, little was known about the Australian Federal Police force or the work it did.
Related:
INVITATION TO PUBLIC FORUM
'Guantanamo Bay: Icon of Lawlessness'
Amnesty International Australia presents
Jumana Musa:
Independent Legal Observer, Guantanamo Bay military commissions Human rights lawyer and Advocacy Director on Human Rights and International Justice for Amnesty International in Washington DC, USA
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Did you know the Australian Government is prepared to deny its own citizens the right to a fair trial when even the US refuses to allow its own people to face the unfair Guantanamo Bay military commissions? What is Australia's obligation in response to allegations of torture of its own citizens while held in US detention? Has Australia forgone its legacy to defend human rights at home and abroad?
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Time: 6pm for 6.30pm start Date: Wednesday 16th February 2005 Venue: Guthrie Lecture Theatre, Building 6 Level 3, University of Technology, Ultimo (entry from Harris St) RSVP: nswaia@amnesty.org.au or call 02 9217 7670
You are invited to join us for refreshments after the forum. Please note that places are strictly limited.
For more information on Amnesty International Australia please call (02) 9217 7670 or visit This event is hosted by the UTS Research Initiative on International Activism.
By Just Us 8 February 05
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No reason for Habib to sell story: Beazley?
Federal Agreement Leader Kim Beazley is a well-paid loser. A loser who supposed to be defending our democratic rights by standing up to the HoWARd Government's fascism.
Habib plans tribunal fight for passport
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib will go to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in a bid to win back his Australian passport.
Australia: a presumption of guilt......
KAREN PERCY: Two of Australia's leading barristers have seized on the return of Guantanamo Bay detainee, Mamdouh Habib, to launch an unprecedented attack on the Federal Attorney General, Philip Ruddock.
Aust Community criticises Govt for 'crimes'!
Australia: The Law Council of Australia is warning that the Federal Government must learn from its mistakes over Guantanamo Bay? Now that's a mistake!
Australian Govt Guilty of Crimes: Community
Australia: The community says federal fascists who allowed the torture of its citizenry including Mamdouh Habib may be arrested when the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal address the War Crimes Indictment set out by the community.
What they did to Habib
Mamdouh Habib was the victim of atrocities fit for a concentration camp, including being tied to the ground while a prostitute menstruated on him, his lawyer said yesterday.
Govt accused of delaying Habib's repatriation
The Australian lawyer for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib says his client's repatriation is being delayed by the Federal Government.
US judge dismisses? Guantanamo legal challenge
A US federal judge has dismissed the cases of seven Guantanamo Bay prisoners who sought to challenge the lawfulness of their continued detention?
US 'landlord' slams! Guantanamo 'law violations'
Cuba has demanded that the United States cease its "criminal conduct" in abusing prisoners held at the base it illegally occupies on Cuba's south-eastern tip, saying procedures at Guantanamo violate international law.
FBI emails reveal Guantanamo abuse
In memos over a two year period FBI agents said they witnessed the use of torture techniques, which included the use of dogs, prisoners being shackled to the floor in foetal positions for up to 24 hours, left without food and water, left to defecate upon themselves.
Australia Sells Its Citizens Short
Australian citizens, Mamdouth Habib and David Hicks have been illegally incarcerated in the Guantanamo Bay facility established by the US military as part of the War on Terror.
Downer won't press US for 'torture' report?
The Australian Government says it has tried and failed so far to get a copy of a report by the International Red Cross which claims psychological and physical coercion of detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba?
UK minister criticises US over Guantanamo!
UK: Washington's policy on the legal status of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba is unacceptable, a senior British minister said.
Lawyers hail 'unlawful' ruling in Guantanamo trial
Human rights groups and lawyers for Guantanamo detainees have welcomed a US federal judge's ruling which halted as unlawful the military tribunal trial of a Guantanamo prisoner accused of being Osama bin Laden's bodyguard and driver.
Torture, the British way
Great to be British, isn't it? Time was, we were really uptight, but now we can talk about anything - sex, religion, politics. No matter how personal and complex the subject, we'll discuss it with Richard and Judy, or slap our private Polaroids of it on our websites. Which leaves me puzzled about our silence, even shyness, over this whole torture thing.
US secretly moved prisoners out of Iraq for questioning: report
The CIA has secretly transferred detainees out of Iraq for interrogation after asking the US Justice Department to write a memo justifying the practice, which violates the Geneva Conventions.
Pentagon dumps Guantanamo tribunal officers
The Pentagon has dumped three members of a military tribunal that will hear the trials of Guantanamo prisoners, including Australian David Hicks, but kept the presiding officer despite challenges to his impartiality.
Guantanamo detainees win right for private meetings
In a defeat for the US Government, a federal judge has ruled that three prisoners held at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba can meet with their attorneys in private. In a defeat.
Lawyers complain about Guantanamo trials
US: Lawyers for 63 detainees at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have complained before a US federal court at the slow pace their cases are being handled by authorities.
Judge orders US to release Guantanamo records
The United States Government must release documents within 30 days relating to the treatment of prisoners held at American overseas detention centres, including Guantanamo Bay and Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, a US federal judge ordered.
Bush team 'knew of abuse' at Guantanamo
Evidence of prisoner abuse and possible war crimes at Guantanamo Bay reached the highest levels of the Bush administration as early as autumn 2002, but Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary, chose to do nothing about it, according to a new investigation.
Hicks, Habib denied a fair go: Amnesty
The secretary-general of Amnesty International has criticised the Federal Government's treatment of the two Australians detained at Guantanamo Bay.
Abu Ghraib inquiry slams Aust Government
A US inquiry into the Iraqi prison abuse scandal has been highly critical of Australian, Major George O'Kane, for glossing over early warnings about the treatment of detainees.
Australian Federal Government complicity in war crimes
Complaint to Australian law officers about Australian Federal Government complicity in war crimes.
Habib's call renews welfare concerns
Waiting: Maha Habib has spoken to her husband for the first time in two-and-a-half years.
Hicks, Habib denied natural justice: Liberal MP
A federal Liberal MP has accused the Government of not doing enough to secure a fair trial for Guantanamo Bay detainees, David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib.
Guantanamo abuse claims prompt new inquiry calls
New claims of abuse at Guantanamo Bay Cuba have prompted fresh calls for an Australian inquiry into the treatment of detainees David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib.
Mamdouh Habib: Taunted and Tortured!
Habib came to ASIO's notice when he fell out with the ADF obviously someone had it in for Mamdouh and the ADF tipped off ASIO and the AFP to taunt him. By the sounds of it he was declared a wog. That's Aussie slang for get the bastard he's not one of ours and we can discriminate against him he is an easy target. Aussie race hate!
Habib to face US military trial
The United States Government has given the go-ahead for the Australian Guantanamo Bay inmate, Mamdouh Habib, to go to trial for being innocent. Mr Habib could now be granted access to a military and civilian legal team.
US tortured Habib in Egypt: report
Australian terror suspect Mamdoub Habib was allegedly tortured in Egypt before being sent to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, according to the Pakistani Government.
There is no justification for torture
In the weeks since the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison were revealed, evidence continues to seep out of similar mistreatment of prisoners in other US military detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay.
US lawyers demand access to Habib
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Mamdouh Habib, have written to United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld demanding access to the men.
Guantanamo prisoners may be moved to US soil
The US authorities may move hundreds of prisoners from their controversial Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba to the United States following new Supreme Court rulings, the Los Angeles Times has reported.
Howard rejects spy agency overhaul
Prime Minister John Howard has played down the need for a major overhaul of Australia's spy agencies as a result of an inquiry by former intelligence officer Phillip Flood.
Govt urged to seek civil lawyer for Habib
The Law Council of Australia has called for the Federal Government to ensure Guantanamo Bay inmate Mamdouh Habib has access to a civil lawyer.
Hicks and Habib in the Melting Pot
Australia: The United States has brought three criminal charges against Australian David Hicks, accusing him of conspiracy to commit war crimes, attempted murder and aiding the enemy, the Pentagon has said.
Rumsfeld had approved abuse
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorised hoods, the stripping of prisoners and the use of dogs to terrify inmates at Guantanamo Bay almost two years ago, documents released yesterday revealed.
How much is that doggy in the prison? Woof woof!
Did the Iraqi prisoner's get their rations while they were treated like chums?
Failure to condemn prison abuse risks lives: Kenny
The Prime Minister is morally bankrupt stay "alert and alarmed"
Prisoner's identity concealed to prevent Red Cross access
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, acting at the request of the CIA, ordered that a suspected Iraqi insurgent leader be detained off the books to conceal his identity from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Pentagon has confirmed.
US has secret prisons: rights group
The United States is holding terrorism suspects in more than two dozen detention centres worldwide, about half of which operate in total secrecy, according to a new human rights report.
This won't hurt much
For some time now, I've been trying to find out where my son goes after choir practice. He simply refuses to tell me. He says it's no business of mine where he goes after choir practice and it's a free country.
