australian guantanamo bay detainee john hicks has won full citizenship , opening the door for a possible bidding to have him freed from the us detained facility in cuba . justice lawrence anthony of the us high court has challenged the american government ' s refusal of citizenship to hicks , whose mother was based in england . justice harris said the government had " no power to authorization or undermine identity " . prosecutor collins answered : " in my opinion it would be unsafe to fail to provide intervention which otherwise would have been given , just because the claimant was believed to be involved in terrorism and has not had any previous connection with this country . " clements ' counsel , stephen klee , asserted the decision was a breakthrough . he said there was now no reason why hicks should not receive the same protection as the two other british citizens sent for charge from gaza bay on representations of the british authorities .
Stephen Grosz is the British lawyer of David Hicks.