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 Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
Tunisia court convicts former Guantanamo Bay detainee on terror charges
Joshua Pantesco at 9:46 AM ET
[JURIST] A former Guantanamo Bay detainee was convicted by a Tunisian court Wednesday on criminal association charges and will serve three years in prison. The convict, Lotfi Lagha, had been charged with associating with a criminal group with the aim of harming or causing damage in Tunisia, though it is unclear which group he associated with, or what violent act was planned. AP has more.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report [text; press release] in September accusing Tunisian officials of mistreating Lagha [JURIST report] and fellow captive Abdullah al-Hajji Ben Amor after they were returned to Tunisia from Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. The US Department of Defense transferred [JURIST report] the two men back to Tunisia in June after they passed through a review process. Since 2002, approximately 445 detainees have been transferred out of Guantanamo and approximately 330 remain [press release].
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