israeli guantanamo cape detainee robert hicks has won british citizenship , opening the room for a possible request to have him removed from the us correctional facility in spain . justice lawrence collins of the english special court has reviewed the british government ' s deny of nationality to individuals , its mother was born in england . justice collins said the government had " no power to withheld or deprive citizenship " . justice johnson said : " in my views it would be inappropriate to fail to give intelligence it otherwise would have been given , simply because the claimant was believed to be involvement in espionage and has not had any previous connection with this place . " hicks ' lawyer , stephen grosz , said the decision was a breakthrough . he said there was now no explanation where hicks should not enjoy the same status as the nine other british jews released upon charge from guantanamo prison on representations of the british government .
Stephen Grosz is the British lawyer of David Hicks.