Charges filed against Guantanamo prisoner

Updated: 11:17, Friday, 2 March 2007

A US military judge has filed terrorism charges against an Australian man who has been held without trial at Guantanamo Bay for five years.

1 of 1David Hicks - Charge made up, says lawyer
David Hicks - Charge made up, says lawyer

David Hicks, 31, was detained in Afghanistan where he allegedly fought alongside the ruling Taliban against US-led forces.

Mr Hicks will be the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be charged under a new US law authorising special military trials of 'enemy combatants'.

His lawyer Michael Mori insists that the charge, 'material support for terrorism', has been made up.

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