Lawyers urged to speak out about Hicks's treatment
The New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions, Nicholas Cowdery QC, has urged the legal community to speak out about the treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.
Speaking last night to more than 100 members of Newcastle's legal community, on the NSW central coast, Mr Cowdery reiterated his concerns about the continued detention of Hicks, saying his treatment was an unprincipled disgrace.
He described recent criticism by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer that he, Mr Cowdery, should "stick to his job", as offensive and patronising.
"My job is intricately bound up with the protection and the observance of the rule of law, so I see being concerned about, holding views about and expressing those views about David Hicks as being part of my responsibilities," he said.
[ The 30-year-old convert to Islam was captured in Afghanistan where he allegedly fought alongside the ruling Taliban against US-led forces who invaded after the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.]
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