Algerian court acquits 2 former Gitmo detainees
ALGIERS: Two men who had been held for seven years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of belonging to an extremist group were acquitted in an Algerian court on Sunday, state media reported. The two men alleged during their trial in Algeria on terrorism charges that they were “brutally tortured” while in detention in Guantanamo Bay, Algeria’s official APS news agency cited court documents as saying.
The men were arrested in Pakistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and transferred to Guantanamo Bay where they were held without trial before being sent home to Algeria last year, the agency reported.
The court in Algiers rejected prosecution arguments the two men, identified as Faghoul Abdelli and Mohamed Terari, were members of a terrorist group and acquitted them, the agency said. reuters
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