US military repatriates Algerian Guantanamo detainee

[JURIST] The US Department of Defense [official website] on Wednesday announced the transfer [press release] of Guantanamo [JURIST backgrounder] detainee Ahmed Belbacha to Algeria. Belbacha, a native Algerian who was detained in Pakistan in 2002, had been held at Guantanamo for 12 years without a trial or formal charges. Algeria tried Belbacha in absentia [JURIST report] in 2009, convicting him of belonging to an "overseas terrorist group" and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Belbacha has resisted repatriation [JURIST...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/03/us-military-repatriates-algerian-guantanamo-detainee.php

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