Mourad Benchellali, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Guantanamo detainee known to have been released
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Place of Birth: Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Mourad Benchellali
- Mourad Benchellali is a French citizen, who was captured by Pakistanis forces and detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 161.The elder Benchellali is reported to have directed Mourad, and a friend, Nizar Sassi, to go Afghanistan. Benchellali was transferred from US custody to French custody in July 2004.
- Although originally convicted in France, his trial was overturned and he was released in February 2009.On February 17, 2010, the Court of Cassation, the highest court in France, ordered a re-trial of the five men.
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