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December 5, 2013

2 Guantánamo Prisoners Forcibly Repatriated to Algeria Despite Pleas 
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The United States has repatriated two Guantánamo Bay prisoners to
Algeria against their will. According to the Miami Herald, the prisoners
had asked to be released to other countries, saying they feared for
their safety if returned to Algeria, which they fled in the 1990s. The
two were held without charge at Guantánamo for more than a decade.
Their departure brings the total number of prisoners at Guantánamo down
to 164. On Monday, the Pentagon said 15 of the captives remain on hunger
strike and are eligible for controversial force-feedings.

 

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