Usually appeals take quite long. We have learned that Saeed's appeal will be heard this week- on May 30. This is very quick. We hope that this is a good sign. Time will tell.
Monday, May 27, 2024
The "Intercept" discusses Saeed.
Sorry for the delay in posting. Star reporter Elise Swain follows up on my client.
FORMER GUANTÁNAMO DETAINEE Saeed Bakhouch was sentenced by a court in Algeria to three years in prison on terrorism charges, Bakhouch’s lawyers told The Intercept.
The May 13 sentencing, on charges made under Algeria’s broad Article 87 anti-terror laws, which can carry the death penalty, came despite assurances from the U.S. State Department that he would be treated “appropriately” and “humanely” after being repatriated after his stint in Guantánamo.
Bakhouch was the most recent Guantánamo detainee to be transferred out of the military prison under the Biden administration, never having been charged with a crime. Bakhouch, his American lawyer Candace Gorman said, was a victim of torture at the hands of the U.S. and slowly deteriorated over his 20 years of arbitrary detention until his release in April 2023.
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