The Mystery of the MIssing Man

Wanna bet where he will turn up?   Not that I believe for one minute Algeria is becoming a model for human rights.




Algeria denies detaining Guantanamo returnee



Reuters
Thu Jul 22, 2010


ALGERIA (Reuters) - An Algerian man sent home from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay has not been detained on his return, an Algerian official said on Thursday, rejecting rights groups allegations he was being mistreated.

Abdul Aziz Naji was transferred from the military prison in Cuba to Algeria against his will, having said he feared persecution. A U.S. based rights group said on Wednesday he had gone missing and could be in secret detention.

U.S. President Barack Obama has made a commitment to close down the Guantanamo Bay prison and any evidence that former detainees are mistreated after they are released and sent home could make it harder for him to meet that target.

"It is out of the question that this person has been detained in Algeria," said Farouk Ksentini, chairman of Algeria's National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, a state body.

"I formally deny this information, which in my view does not make any sense," Ksentini told Reuters, though he added that he did not know Naji's whereabouts.

"One should not forget that Algeria has for a decade been applying a policy of national reconciliation," he said, referring to an amnesty for Islamist insurgents who have been fighting Algerian security forces since the early 1990s.

"I should also add that 10 Algerian detainees have returned to Algeria from Guantanamo and have had no problem whatsoever. Why should this gentleman be any different from the others?"

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Egypt: Violence erupts over World Cup decider



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Cairo, 20 Nov. (AKI) - Protesters threw stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Friday in the continuing fallout over the countries' World Cup qualifying match. In Algeria, 14 people were killed and 250 others were injured in victory celebrations in Algeria late Thursday.

In the Cairo protest, 11 police officers were reportedly injured and several cars were damaged in mounting anger over the decider which the Algerian team won in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Wednesday.

The protest began late Thursday on a street leading to the embassy, when riot police repeatedly turned back the demonstrators, who burned Algerian flags.

According to Algerian internal security officials, cited in the Arab daily, Al-Quds al-Arabi, all the victims killed or injured there were Algerian fans involved in road accidents caused by fans.

A total of 175 road accidents were registered nationwide and the deadliest incidents were reported in the Algerian capital. Algiers and the provinces of Tebessa, Warqla and Saida.

In other developments, the Egyptian government on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Algeria following complaints about violence towards football fans.

The move came hours after Algeria's ambassador to Cairo was summoned to the Egyptian foreign ministry.

The Algerian football team beat Egypt in a decisive World Cup qualifying match in Sudan on Wednesday.











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