US returns two former detainees to Algeria

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Source: afp

AFP - The United States has transferred two Algerian detainees from Guantanamo Bay to their native country, the US Justice Department announced Thursday.

The announcement named the two man as Hasan Zemiri and Adil Hadi al-Jazairi Bin Hamlili and came on the eve of what was once President Barack Obama's target date to close the notorious facility.

But a political firestorm at home over the Obama administration's plans to house some of the terror suspects on US soil and the reluctance of foreign allies in released detainees have dealt a blow to his landmark promise.

Some 196 detainees remain at the US military prison in southern Cuba, including dozens already cleared for release, down from around 250 when Obama took office. Most have been held without charge or trial.

Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20100122-guantanamo-usa-algeria-transfers-releases-hamlili-zemiri-detainees-prisoners

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1. Algeria says ex-Guantanamo detainees to stand trial "to close case": report

Two Algerian detainees from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay who had been transferred to their home country will face trial "to close the case for good," head of the country's official rights watchdog said on Friday.

"The two detainees, Hasan Zemiri and Adil Hadi al-Jazairi Bin Hamlili, will face trial soon after arriving in Algeria," Farouk Ksentini, head of the National Consultative Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, told al-Arabiya.net.

Earlier in the day, the U.S. Justice Department said that the pair have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to the custody and control of the Algerian government.

"The United States coordinated with the government of Algeria to ensure the transfers took place under appropriate security measures," the department said in a statement ...

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