Ex-Guantanamo detainee handed terror-related charges after his repatriation to native Algeria

Ex-Guantanamo detainee charged in native Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria — The Algiers prosecutor’s office says a former Guantanamo detainee who was transferred to his native Algeria earlier this month has been handed terror-related charges.

The prosecutor’s office said in a statement Monday that Aziz Abdul Naji was indicted on Sunday and placed him under judicial supervision. It did not say what exactly he was charged with.

Naji was transferred to Algeria on July 18. He had been held in Guantanamo since his capture in Pakistan in 2002.

Naji had fought his repatriation to Algeria, saying he feared he would be mistreated or killed there. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, but Naji lost his plea earlier this month, clearing the way for him and five other Algerian Guantanamo inmates to be repatriated.