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Belgian to come home after Guantanamo deal
A Belgian man being held in Saudi Arabia is to return home following a secret deal between the Saudi authorities and the US over prisoners at the Guantanamo army base on the island of Cuba, it was reported on Thursday.
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Flemish newspaper De Morgen reported that Saudis are to exchange eight prisoners held in Saudi Arabia, including Belgian Raf Schyvens, for five Saudi members of the Al Qaeda network, who are currently imprisoned at Guantanamo. Despite the fact that it will benefit from the return of one of its citizens, Belgium did not support the US-Saudi deal. The Saudi government has an extremely poor human rights record and it is not known how the Guantanamo prisoners will be treated when they arrive back in their home country.
Posted by: Steve 2004-07-09 |
