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| Saudi ex-Gitmo prisoners get suspended jail time |
| 2010-03-14 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] A Saudi court gave suspended prison sentences to 10 former Saudi Guantanamo detainees who had completed a rehabilitation program, Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Saturday. The men, who were returned to Saudi Arabia in 2008 and 2009 after serving time at the U.S. military detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, received sentences of three to 13 years in a ruling on Thursday, the paper said. They were also ordered to remain inside the country for five years, the report said. Returnees from Guantanamo are routinely tried and given prison sentences by Saudi courts which are then suspended based on their already having passed time in U.S. custody, and also on successfully passing through the Saudi "Care" rehabilitation program. Launched in 2006 by the Deputy Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the Care program aims at wooing the former militants away from radical and violent Islamist ideology. Out of 123 Saudis returned from Guantanamo, 111 have passed through the program, nine came before it was created, and three are currently in it, according to the interior ministry. Thirteen of those who passed through the program returned to militant activities, according to the ministry. Riyadh is seeking the return of another nine Saudi citizens who remain in the Guantanamo facility. |
| Posted by:Fred |
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| Posted by: lotp 2010-03-14 14:14 |
| #1 Saudis wont do us any favours as they fund/support global islam! |
| Posted by: Kofi Thinese2517 2010-03-14 10:29 |