US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee back to native Algeria after 20 years

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The Biden administration has repatriated another Guantanamo Bay detainee, sending Sufiyan Barhoumi from the U.S. military prison back to Algeria.

The Department of Defense’s Periodic Review Board concluded in August 2016 that his detention “was no longer necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the national security of the United States,” the Pentagon said in a statement on Saturday, announcing his transfer to his home country.

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