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US judge refuses to protect Guantanamo prisoner Ahmed Belbacha from forced return to Algeria

April 20, 2010A federal district court in Washington has today rejected the pleas of former British resident Ahmed Belbacha, refusing to block his forced return to persecution and torture in Algeria.Ahmed?s attorney Tara Murray of Reprieve, said: ?Ahmed?s desperate plight, together with his gentle nature, have attracted many private offers of help from both sides of the Atlantic. Sadly, no government has come to his rescue -- and now even the courts are turning their back him. All signs now point towards Ahmed?s imminent forced transfer to torture and persecution in Algeria.?Ahmed had sought emergency protection after the district court dissolved an injunction, in place since 2008, prohibiting the US from sending him back to Algeria. US Attorney General Eric Holder?s recent visit to Algiers to sign a ?mutual legal assistance treaty? with the Algerian Minister of Justice emphasized the importance of Ahmed?s request...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on July 01, 2010 (boomark / email).