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http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/haneef-in-solitary-confinement/2007/07/18/1184559846785.html
This is quite enough. Where's the word 'suspect'? How about 'alleged'? The man should NOT be treated as a terrorist, but rather as someone in remand awaiting trial. Why is it that the media is required to put 'alleged' before the charges against people who rob, murder, rape, abuse - but when it comes to terrorism, we don't need to give someone a fair trial before we can call them a terrorist? Is this an admission that we don't give fair trials to alleged terrorists? That we intend to prejudice everything against them before we start?
This is not my Australia. I am ashamed.
This is quite enough. Where's the word 'suspect'? How about 'alleged'? The man should NOT be treated as a terrorist, but rather as someone in remand awaiting trial. Why is it that the media is required to put 'alleged' before the charges against people who rob, murder, rape, abuse - but when it comes to terrorism, we don't need to give someone a fair trial before we can call them a terrorist? Is this an admission that we don't give fair trials to alleged terrorists? That we intend to prejudice everything against them before we start?
This is not my Australia. I am ashamed.