Bosnian protest over Guantanamo

[Judi Lynn]

Last Updated: Monday, 31 January, 2005, 18:04 GMT



Bosnian protest over Guantanamo

Children carried banners saying: "I want my dad back"
The families of six men of Algerian origin extradited from Bosnia to US custody in Guantanamo Bay have staged a protest rally in Sarajevo.

More than 100 people joined the protest demanding freedom for the men, five of whom are Bosnian nationals.

They were arrested in late 2001, on suspicion of plotting attacks against the US and UK embassies in Sarajevo.

Despite Bosnia's highest court ruling that they should be released, the men were handed over to the US in 2002.
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1. Bosnia demands US release of citizens imprisoned in Guantanamo

The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday asked the US administration to release four Bosnian citizens held in the US military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, reports from Sarajevo said.

The government said in a statement that the four men, all Algerians with Bosnian citizenship, were arrested in October 2001 by the Bosnian police on suspected involvement in planning attacks on US and British embassies in Sarajevo and connection with al-Qaida. But the four were freed soon due to lack of evidence.

The Bosnia government arrested the four again in January 2002 at the request of the US government and transferred them to the US prison in Guantanamo.

In 2003, Bosnia's human rights tribunal announced that the Bosnian authorities trampled on human rights when the four were transferred to the United States without enough evidence.

http://english.people.com.cn/200502/02/eng20050202_172699.html