Mr. Lakhdar comes to Paris

Here is a short article from Le Monde mentioning that it has now been confirmed by the White House that the French government will be accepting Lakhdar Boumedienne, the man for whome the case Boumediene v. Bush was named. As you know from my pervious posts Boumediene and five other native algerians (who were living in Bosnia before their illegal abduction by US personelle)who figured in the prominent and important case that was handed down by the US supereme court this last June. Their case was the biggest turning poing and what you could call the iciing on the cake of a series of previous cases when the US Supreme Court determined that the legal framework set up by the Bush administration at GB was in fact illegal. Boumediene v. Bush famously restored the right to Habeas Corpus for detainees being held off US soil by US Military or CIA.

So now, after being held for almost seven years at Guantanamo Bay Mr. Boumediene is being moved to France. The logic is that since he is Algerian and speaks French that France will be a reasonable place for him to settle.

However, Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has stated that they would accept preivous detainees of GB but that they would subsequently be put into French jails.

This is crazy as this man has never been charged of any crimes by the US or the French government and has wrongfully been held for SEVEN YEARS after being kidnapped from hims home country. He is likely in need of a good therapist, human dignity and to see his family - but he should not be put into another prison.

I will keep you updated.