Lawyer Rob Stary who represented five of the men convicted of terrorism related offences said the conditions they were held in were 'repressive. He said the Government should review the anti-terror laws.
A lawyer for five Victorian men convicted of terrorism related offences says the Federal Government should review the anti-terror laws.
A Supreme Court jury this week found seven men guilty of being members of a terrorist organisation. Another four were acquitted.
Defence lawyer Rob Stary says the men have been held in high-security detention since their arrests in late 2005.
He says none of the men ever committed any violent acts, and they should not have been held in such conditions while the presumption of innocence still applied.
"They are denied physical contact with their family, they are shackled when they are out of their cells," he said.
"They are denied access to any other prison entitlements, mixing in mainstream exercise education programs, access to proper health care."
"It's truly a repressive regime," he said.
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