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Sameur Abdenour is a citizen of Algeria who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] The Department of Defense reports that he was born on March 28, 1973, in Algiers, Algeria. He was transferred to the United Kingdom on December 19, 2007.[2]
Release negotiation
On August 7, 2007 the United Kingdom government requested the release of Sameur Abdenour and four other men who had been legal British residents without being British citizens.[3] The UK government warned that the negotiations might take months.
References
- ↑ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ↑ "Sameur Abdenour – The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/659-sameur-abdenour. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
- ↑ David Stringer (August 7, 2007). "UK asks US to release 5 from Guantanamo". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5034407.html. Retrieved 2007-08-07. [dead link]
External links
- Abdenour Sameur: Allegations of Abuse The UCDavis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas
- Held in 'legal limbo' Harrow Times June 7, 2007
- The three returned to Britain and those still in Guantanamo Times Online December 20, 2007
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