Guantanamo inmate sent to Algeria after almost 20 years – By BBC Newsroom (BBC) / April3-2, 2022
Guantanamo Bay inmate Sufiyan Barhoumi has been repatriated to Algeria, US officials say, after spending nearly 20 years at the detention facility.
He was captured at a safehouse in Pakistan with a top al-Qaeda member in 2002, and accused of taking part in a plan to bomb the US.
But the US Department of Defense said his detention was no longer considered necessary.
It said Algeria had given assurances that he would be treated humanely.
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