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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Nearly half the members of Australia's Parliament signed a letter to the U.S. Congress appealing for help repatriating the lone Australian terror suspect held at the Guantanamo Bay, officials said Friday.
The letter asking for Congress to ensure that David Hicks is not tried by a military commission at the U.S. naval base in Cuba was signed by 96 senators and members of the Australian House of Representatives, opposition parties said. There are a total of 226 members in Parliament.
"As members of the Australian Parliament, we believe that the denial of justice in David Hicks' case erodes the values and principles shared by Australia and the United States," Lyn Allison, leader of the Australian Democrats minor opposition party, said in a statement.
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