David Hicks
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David Hicks is an Australian man who was detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay and became widely known for challenging his detention in landmark legal cases related to the War on Terror.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian citizen
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human ⓘ |
| advocatedBy | Australian human rights groups ⓘ |
| appeal | sought to overturn his military commission conviction ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lashkar-e-Taiba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Northern Alliance forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedIn | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| charge | providing material support for terrorism ⓘ |
| convictedBy | United States military commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictionStatus | convicted in 2007 by military commission ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1975-08-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfRelease | 2007-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfTransfer | 2007-05 ⓘ |
| detainedAt |
Guantánamo Bay detention camp
NERFINISHED
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Yatala Labour Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detainedBy | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extraditedTo | United States custody ⓘ |
| familyName | Hicks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalCase |
Hicks v. Ruddock
NERFINISHED
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challenges to legality of Guantánamo Bay military commissions ⓘ |
| legalDevelopment | 2015 U.S. court decision set aside his material support for terrorism conviction ⓘ |
| legalStatus | Guantánamo detainee ⓘ |
| militaryActivity |
spent time in Afghanistan prior to capture
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trained with Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan ⓘ |
| name | David Matthew Hicks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being detained at Guantánamo Bay
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legal challenges to his detention ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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former Guantánamo detainee ⓘ former jackaroo ⓘ |
| participantIn | War on Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Adelaide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plea | guilty plea in 2007 to providing material support for terrorism ⓘ |
| religion | converted to Islam (later reported to have left the faith) ⓘ |
| residence | Adelaide region after release ⓘ |
| sentence | suspended sentence with time to be served in Australia ⓘ |
| spouse | Aloysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
extensive media coverage in Australia
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public debate over Guantánamo Bay detentions ⓘ |
| transferredTo | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote | Guantánamo: My Journey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfCapture | 2001 ⓘ |
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