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November 7, 2013

Former Guantánamo Bay Prisoner Appeals Conviction 
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Former Guantánamo Bay prisoner David Hicks has filed a lawsuit seeking
to overturn his 2007 conviction. Captured in Afghanistan, Hicks was held
at Guantánamo for five years before reaching a plea deal to return to
his native Australia. Hicks admitted to material support for terrorism
and agreed to renounce his claim of suffering abuse in U.S. custody. He
was the first Guantánamo prisoner convicted under the Military
Commissions Act. This week, Hicks filed an appeal saying he had pleaded
guilty under duress. In a statement, Hicks said: "I had no choice but to
sign the plea deal or I would have died in Guantánamo."

 

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