The United States has repatriated to Algeria a man who was held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly two decades after being accused of conspiring with al Qaeda, the Department of Defense said on Saturday.
The department identified the man as Sufiyan Barhoumi, a native of Algeria, and said his detention at the U.S. military base was "no longer necessary."
Barhoumi had arrived at Guantanamo Bay in 2002, the year the base's detention camp was set up following a U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in pursuit of the al Qaeda network behind attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, the Pentagon and rural Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001.The camp has drawn worldwide condemnation for holding large numbers of prisoners without charging them or holding trials.
Of those, 18 are eligible for transfer, 7 are eligible for a Periodic Review Board, 10 are involved in the military commissions process, and two detainees have been convicted in military commissions.Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Alistair Bell and Daniel WallisSubscribe to our sustainability newsletter to make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments.
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