David Matthew Hicks is an Australian who attended al-Qaeda's Al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan. Hicks traveled to Pakistan after converting to Islam to learn more about the faith, eventually leading to his time in the training camp. He alleges that he was unfamiliar with al-Qaeda had no idea that they targeted civilians. Hicks met with Osama bin Laden during 2001.
David Hicks speaking in 2012
David Hicks's Guantanamo Bay cell (November 2006) and, inset, a reading room
Demonstration calling for the release of David Hicks
David Hicks, charge sheet, Guantanamo military commission
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison within the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, also referred to as Gitmo, on the coast of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. As of April 2023, of the 779 people detained there since January 2002 when the military prison first opened after the September 11 attacks, 740 had been transferred elsewhere, 30 remained there, and nine had died while in custody.
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Detainees upon arrival at Camp X-Ray, January 2002
Camp X-Ray, 2002
Camp Delta