australian detainees bay interrogators david hicks has won british residency , opening the door for a possible request to have him freed from the us detention program in cuba . justice lawrence collins of the british high court has restored the british cabinet ' s refusal of citizenship to hicks , whose sister was born in england . judge collins said the government had " no power to withholds or enslave citizenship " . lawyer collins says : " in my view it would be improper to fail to deliver advice which otherwise would have been given , simply because the claimant was believed to be involved in terrorism and has not had any previous connection with this country . " hicks ' partner , stephen beckmann , said the decision was a breakthrough . he said there was now no reason why hicks should not enjoy the same rights as the six other british citizens released without charge from guantanamo bay on representations of the british government .
Stephen Grosz is the British lawyer of David Hicks.