An Algerian national was transferred to France after being held at Guantanamo Bay detention facility since 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Justice web site. The transfer was carried out Friday May 15.
According to the DOJ site, Lakdar Boumediene's case was reviewed by the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force following President Barak Obama's Executive Order, signed January 22, 2009.
"Boumediene was involved in the Supreme Court case, Boumediene v. Bush, which in June 2008 established the writ of habeas corpus for detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay. In November 2008, a federal court ordered the U.S. government to take all necessary and appropriate steps to facilitate the release of Boumediene from Guantanamo Bay. He is the second Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to a foreign country following consideration by the Guantanamo Review Task Force (http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/May/09-ag-477.html)."
To read the entire U.S. Department of Justice article, please go to: http://www.usdoj.gov/
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