He also finds it hard when others around him leave and he stays |
He spends 23 hours out of 24 in solitary confinement. Before he had 18 months, 24 hours every day, in solitary, and that's where he developed eye problems and got depressed. |
He told us some unpleasant stories. His treatment wasn't very pleasant in the early stages. |
He was belted, he was injected, he had things inserted, he just had a rough time, ... What he said to us (was that) he was injected with -- he doesn't know what it was -- and he went on to say other things that were done to him, he was belted and abused, physically and verbally. |
I have written a letter to ask whether we can get together and have a bit of a chin wag, but I doubt whether I will hear back. |
I think it's just bloody disgusting what they're doing to him. |
I was certainly pleased, certainly. |
If David has done something wrong, then he should be brought home and tried by an Australian court. |
If they decided he was, he'd have the full rights under the Geneva Conventions: the right to call witnesses, the right of appeal and the right to view all the evidence against him. In a military commission, no enemy combatant has these rights and the prosecution can bring evidence, hearsay and statements taken by coercion |
It is for this reason I have instructed lawyers to issue the petition on his behalf, |
Not only am I fighting for justice for my son, I hope I'm doing the others a service as well. |
The attempted murder charge is farcical because the Americans have already said David has never fired a shot at any coalition forces or civilians. |
The High Court was water-tight, this is just (a) delaying tactic from their end. |