Prisoners Fight U.S. Over Repatriation From Guantanamo Bay -- Wall Street Journal
Effort to Close Prison Hits Snag as Some Detainees Resist Transfer to Home Countries.
The Obama administration's effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison has hit a snag: detainees who don't want to be repatriated.
Two Algerian citizens held at the naval base in Cuba are fighting a transfer to their homeland, people familiar with the situation say. The two men say they fear that Islamist extremists will try to recruit them and may attack or kill them when they discover the detainees don't share their commitment to violence, these people say.
Robert Kirsch, a lawyer for one of the two, Belkacem Bensayah, said the U.S. government has ignored the protests of his client and another detainee, Djamel Ameziane. The planned repatriation is "the most callous, political abuse of these men," Mr. Kirsch said.
Mr. Ameziane's lawyer didn't return messages.
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Update: Gitmo detainees reportedly fighting transfer to home countries -- FOX News
My Comment: Most detainees still want to leave .... but the problem is that some Algerian detainees do not want to go back to Algeria.
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