David Hicks

David Hicks
Hicks speaking in 2012
Born	David Matthew Hicks (1975-08-07) 7 August 1975 (age 49)[1] Adelaide, South Australia
Nationality	Australian
Other names	Muhammed Dawood
Citizenship	Australia British (2005; revoked the same day)
Spouse	Erin Keniry
Parents	Terry Susan
Military career
Allegiance	Kosovo Liberation Army (1999) Lashkar-e-Taiba (2000–2001)
Years of service	1999–2001
Battles / wars	Yugoslav Wars Kosovo War Kashmir conflict War in Afghanistan

David Matthew Hicks (born 7 August 1975) 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 and had no idea that they targeted civilians. Hicks met with Osama bin Laden in 2001.

Later that year, he was captured and brought to the U.S. to be tried. He was then detained by the United States in Guantanamo Bay detention camp, where he reported undergoing torture at the hands of American soldiers, from 2002 until 2007. He was eventually convicted under the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

In 2012, his conviction was overturned because the law under which he was charged had not been passed at the time that his crimes were committed.^{[citation needed]}