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Monday, April 24, 2006
Australia tries suspected terrorist under new laws
Lisl Brunner at 10:47 AM ET

[JURIST] Australian prosecutors on Monday accused a Pakistani-born Australian immigrant of planning to bomb one of two targets in Sydney in one of the first cases to be tried under the country's new Anti-Terrorism Act [text] which was passed [JURIST report] in December 2005. Faheem Khalid Lodhi, who immigrated to Australia [JURIST news archive] in 1996, has pleaded not guilty to four charges and is being tried by a jury at the New South Wales Supreme Court [official website]. Prosecutors stated that an October 2003 search of Lodhi's home produced a terrorist manual that indicated the defendant's plans to bomb either an electrical supply system or defense installations in Sydney.

Jack Roche, an Australian who converted to Islam, was the first Australian to be convicted under a version of the new laws, which some have criticized as too harsh [JURIST report]. Lodhi's defense will begin its case on Wednesday, and the trial is expected to last up to eight weeks.

AAP has local coverage.
Reuters has more.

Monday, April 24, 2006
Australia tries suspected terrorist under new laws
Lisl Brunner at 10:47 AM ET

[JURIST] Australian prosecutors on Monday accused a Pakistani-born Australian immigrant of planning to bomb one of two targets in Sydney in one of the first cases to be tried under the country's new Anti-Terrorism Act [text] which was passed [JURIST report] in December 2005. Faheem Khalid Lodhi, who immigrated to Australia [JURIST news archive] in 1996, has pleaded not guilty to four charges and is being tried by a jury at the New South Wales Supreme Court [official website]. Prosecutors stated that an October 2003 search of Lodhi's home produced a terrorist manual that indicated the defendant's plans to bomb either an electrical supply system or defense installations in Sydney.

Jack Roche, an Australian who converted to Islam, was the first Australian to be convicted under a version of the new laws, which some have criticized as too harsh [JURIST report]. Lodhi's defense will begin its case on Wednesday, and the trial is expected to last up to eight weeks.

AAP has local coverage.
Reuters has more.

Law Council says UK cares more for Hicks...

The Law Council of Australia says Britain is embarrassing Australia by showing more concern for the fate of terror suspect David Hicks than his homeland. Law Council president John North has made the comments after London's Court of Appeal upheld the right of Australian-born Hicks to British citizenship. North is appealing to the Federal Government to do all it can to help Britain fast-track Hicks's bid.

...but Aust says a British Hicks can come home

Australia would allow a British David Hicks home if he is freed from a US military prison, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says. Hicks, born in Adelaide, has received a boost to his campaign to be released from Guantanamo Bay after a UK appeals court upheld a ruling against the British Government's bid to deny him citizenship. Ruddock said the 30-year-old could return to Australia as a newly-released British citizen. "If he is no longer held by the United States, he has an entitlement to return to Australia," he told ABC radio. "There's no basis upon which he would be denied travel documents to travel to Australia," Mr Ruddock said.

Law Council says UK cares more for Hicks...

The Law Council of Australia says Britain is embarrassing Australia by showing more concern for the fate of terror suspect David Hicks than his homeland. Law Council president John North has made the comments after London's Court of Appeal upheld the right of Australian-born Hicks to British citizenship. North is appealing to the Federal Government to do all it can to help Britain fast-track Hicks's bid.

...but Aust says a British Hicks can come home

Australia would allow a British David Hicks home if he is freed from a US military prison, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says. Hicks, born in Adelaide, has received a boost to his campaign to be released from Guantanamo Bay after a UK appeals court upheld a ruling against the British Government's bid to deny him citizenship. Ruddock said the 30-year-old could return to Australia as a newly-released British citizen. "If he is no longer held by the United States, he has an entitlement to return to Australia," he told ABC radio. "There's no basis upon which he would be denied travel documents to travel to Australia," Mr Ruddock said.

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