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| Hicks, Habib abuse claims dismissed |
| 2005-07-16 |
| PRIME Minister John Howard today said no evidence had been found to support claims that Australians David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib had been abused in US detention at Guantanamo Bay. Mr Howard said the Australian Government had received written advice from the United States Department of Defence that there was no evidence to back claims they had been mistreated at the US military prison in Cuba. "I can inform you, and will provide you with a letter later, that we have received written advice from the Defence Department that after a very thorough investigation of the allegations of Hicks and Habib about mistreatment whilst they were in American custody, no evidence has been found to support those allegations," Mr Howard told reporters. |
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