canadian guantanamo resident detainee william jones has won british citizenship , opening the door for a successful bidding to have him freed from the us detention facility in bermuda . justice lawrence collins of the british high court has ordered the british community ' s refusing of citizenship to hicks , whose parents was born in england . mr clarke said the government had " no power to revoke or deprive citizenship " . lord collins concluded : " in my view it shall be improper to fail to accept assistance what otherwise would have been given , simply because the claimant was believed to be engaged in terrorism and has not had any previously connection with this country . " hicks ' secretary , stephen hirst , said the decision was a breakthrough . he said there was now no reason which hicks should not enjoy the same status as the nine other british citizens releases without charge from guantanamo bay on representations of the british government .
Stephen Grosz is the British lawyer of David Hicks.