David Hicks

Hicks's father pushes for action on release comments. :

"The father of an Australian detainee, David Hicks, says the Federal Government needs to press the matter further.

'The Federal Government should be speaking to Rumsfeld to find out whether this is a fact or whether it's just talk,' he said."

David Hick's father has had so many lessons in patience and tolerance and has learnt them all. He always sounds so level headed, so rational. His heart must be aching. He would be so relieved to have his son on Austrlian soil so that this whole sorry matter can be resolved. David Hicks has been in Guantanomo Bay for more than three years and is our only detainee there now because Habib was released. How David's father copes is anyone's guess, but yes, we do need to know if it's just talk or if there will be an end to all this misery. David Hick's case is currently tied up in red tape which means he risks being forgotten if we don't remember him or what it's about.