Guantánamo Swede gives up case against US

[struggle4progress]

Published: 14th August 2007 17:57 CET

~snip~ The Swede eventually found a firm willing to take the case on, but it dropped out shortly before the deadline for bringing a case expired. ~snip~

Ghezali, who is of Algerian descent and was brought up in Örebro, was 22 when he was arrested in Pakistan, close to the Afghan border. His capture in December 2001, came just three months after the September 11th attacks on New York and Washington. He was later taken to the US detention centre on Cuba.

The Swede was released in July 2004 without having faced a court or tribunal and without being given any reason for his imprisonment. He told media in Sweden that he had been tortured while in American custody, something the Pentagon has denied.

http://www.thelocal.se/8187/20070814/