Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mamdouh Habib says fellow detainee David Hicks should not receive any apologies despite an admission of Hicks' innocence from the United States.
Adelaide-born Mr Hicks pleaded guilty in 2007 to providing material support for terrorism, but his supporters and legal team have argued he only did so under threat of torture.
Since the United States government pronounced his innocence earlier in January, Mr Hicks' lawyer has hoped for an apology and compensation for the former prisoner.
But Mr Habib, who was also detained on suspicion of terrorism, says he's the one who deserves the sympathy.
"I was...released without charge," he said in a statement.
"Surprisingly, none of these men (Hicks and others) are incarcerated despite being given (sic) convicted of actions involving terrorism."
"He does not deserve an apology from the Australian government or anyone else."
Mr Habib was detained in Pakistan in October 2001 on suspicion of terrorism relating to prior knowledge of the September 11 attacks.
He was released in January 2005 without ever being charged.
Mr Hicks was 26 when he was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 by the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, which believed he was fighting for al-Qaeda.
He was held in the US-run jail in Cuba until 2007, when he pleaded guilty to providing material support for terrorism.
A 2011 Inspector-General for Intelligence and Security report found communication to the Habib family was not adequate and an apology was warranted.
The government, however, has not since issued their regrets.
Mr Habib added: "No human being, no matter what they have done ever deserved to be held in hell that was Guantanamo Bay."
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