Echorouk sources said that the Algerian detainees in Guantanamo, who have been released, including Mostapha Hamlili from Bechar, south of Algeria, who was released July 2008, was notified by his defence from Algiers to appear before Algiers criminal court, in its session beginning of next year, on January 7.

• Same sources said another detainee, Abderrahmane Houari, is also expected to appear before Algiers criminal court on the same day, as the two released are expected to answer questions that may be inspired from the reports of the security services about the charges that were attributed to them, including joining a terrorist group active abroad.
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• Mostapha Hamlili 50, once released in July 2008, appeared before the judge of Sidi Mhemed court, and after interrogation by the security services he was charged of belonging to a terrorist group abroad and was placed under judicial control.
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• For his part, Hamlili from Bechar, south of Algeria, asked his defence in the USA to file a lawsuit against the American authorities in order to get compensation for the six years of arbitrary detention and various types of physical and psychological torture within the detention.
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• Statements by the lawyers, including the head of the advisory committee of the human rights Farouk Ksantini, against the backdrop of the conditions that were set by the U.S. administration, including withdrawing their passports and trial, if they are involved in cases of terrorism in Algeria, as well as continuous control, however, the Algerian authorities said they did not join a terrorist group, thus refusing the U.S. conditions which would affect the country’s sovereignty.
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• Trial of the detainee Mostafa Hamlili came after 15 months of release from Guantanamo for more than six years, following his arrest in 2002 in Pakistan, where he lived since he left Algeria on charges of belonging to a terrorist group operating abroad.