Country of fear: Australia of 2002 was preoccupied with national security
Cabinet papers 2002: even before the Bali attacks, the Howard government passed sweeping anti-terrorism laws in response to 9/11
February 2016
David Hicks: Australia violated his rights, UN human rights committee says
Jailing of former Guantánamo Bay inmate as part of transfer agreement with US came despite fact his sentence was result of ‘flagrant denial of justice’
February 2015
Civil society's expectations have always been low in the matter of David Hicks
Cynthia Banham
David Hicks on his terrorism conviction: 'I lost, that's how I look at it'
David Hicks: I feel like at last this is the end - video
David Hicks: I won't be seeking Guantánamo Bay compensation - video
David Hicks: It feels good to be an innocent man
David Hicks wins appeal against terrorism conviction
December 2014
Former Guantánamo captive David Hicks heckles George Brandis at awards ceremony - video
David Hicks, who was detained at Guantánamo Bay from 2001 until 2007, has heckled the attorney general George Brandis at the 2014 Human Rights Awards ceremony in Sydney
November 2013
David Hicks not confident appeal will succeed but 'wrongs must be righted'
The former Guantánamo Bay detainee and his lawyers say there is a legal precedent for having his terrorism conviction quashed
July 2012
Australian government drops David Hicks book profit case
Government ends case against former Guantanamo Bay detainee, previously arguing profits were proceeds of crime
November 2008
David Hicks: 'I don't know what the future holds for me'
Ex-Guantánamo detainee David Hicks has broken his silence, asking to be freed from Australian police restrictions. The federal police said subsequently that his control order will be lifted
Ex-Guantánamo detainee David Hicks freed from Australian police restrictions
Australian cowboy turned Taliban soldier speaks publicly for first time in video asking police to let him 'get on with life'
Courageous captain's father hits out at MoD
Coroner's inquest will hear story of insufficient medical facilities, weapons and helicopters
October 2008
Alleged al-Qaida video maker's trial opens at Guantánamo Bay
Six of the jurors, including the foreman, previously deliberated the sentence of Australian David Hicks
December 2007
Australia frees its Guantánamo terror inmate
After five years in solitary confinement in Guantánamo Bay and nine months in prison in his home country, David Hicks, the Australian Taliban, was released from prison early this morning
Australian terror detainee Hicks to be released
David Hicks, the first Guantánamo Bay prisoner convicted of terrorism charges, will walk free from an Australian prison tomorrow
Australia imposes tight controls on Guantánamo detainee
David Hicks faces strict restrictions when he is released from an Australian prison next week
November 2007
Theatre blog
Powerful mix of dance and drama tells a story of Guantanamo Bay
Honour Bound tells the story of David Hicks in a way that departs from the docudrama polemic that has dominated English-language protest theatre
October 2007
'A VC won't bring him back for us'
Alun Hicks' son David was killed in Afghanistan in August.
