Hicks's father hopes petition will force action for
extradition
The father of a South Australian man being held in a United
States military prison in Cuba is hoping a petition will help pressure
the Federal Government into pushing for his son's extradition to
Australia.
Alleged Taliban fighter David Hicks has been imprisoned in Cuba for the
past 15 months.
His father Terry Hicks says no charges have been laid against son and
Prime Minister John Howard has refused to intervene.
Mr Hicks says the petition with more than 2,000 signatures will be
presented to the Senate later this week and will hopefully spur some
politicians into action.
"Someone... someone eventually's got to start thinking 'hey, what's
going on - this is an Australian citizen', ... well, we're supposed to be
[a] democratic country... let's do something about it," Mr Hicks
said.
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