Terry Hicks
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Terry Hicks' campaign included staying in a Guantanamo Bay-sized cage on a New York pavement and outside a convention centre in Adelaide, confronting Prime Minister John Howard on talkback radio and being interviewed by al-Jazeera.[1][2]
In 2006, Hicks was nominated by ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope for the Australian Father of the Year award.[3] A documentary, The President Versus David Hicks, was made about Hicks' attempts to discover what happened to his son.[4]
Hicks is married and has another child besides David.[5]
References
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- ↑ The Age: "How long can Terry Hicks keep going?"
- ↑ BBC News: "'Taleban' father in caged protest"
- ↑ ABC News Online Terry Hicks deserves father award nomination: Stanhope
- ↑ At the Movies" "The President Versus David Hicks"
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