Nizar Sassi (born August 1, 1979) is a citizen of France who was detained by the United States in their Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.[1]
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 325.[2]
Sassi was transferred to Guantanamo Bay in 2002. He was repatriated to France on July 27, 2004.[3]
Sassis remained in French custody until January 9, 2006. Although originally convicted in France, his trial was overturned and he was released in February 2009.[4]
Sassi worked for the Vénissieux Council.[5] Vénissieux is a suburb of Lyon, France.
According to his brother, Aymen, Nizar traveled to Pakistan to learn formal Arabic.[6]
Security authorities claim Sassi travelled to Afghanistan in 2001 at the direction of, an alleged al-Qaeda recruiter.[7]
Mourad Benchellali and Sassi are alleged to have traveled to Afghanistan on forged passports.[8]
Nizar Sassi and four other men stood trial on terrorism charges upon their return to France.[9]
The five men's convictions were overturned in February 2009, because they had improperly been interviewed by France's intelligence officials, who were not authorized to act in a law enforcement role.
On February 17, 2010, the Court of Cassation, a higher court, ordered a re-trial of the five men.
^Guantanamo man finally freed Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, News24, January 11, 2004
^list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
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"Transfer of French Detainees Complete". US Department of Defense. 2004-07-27. Archived from the original on 2004-10-31. Retrieved 2014-02-28. The Department of Defense announced today that it transferred four detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the control of the government of France. These detainees are French nationals.
^The New York Times, Terror convictions overturned in France, February 24, 2009
^Mr. Aymen Sassi, Brother of Nizar Sassi, American Civil Liberties Union, March 9, 2004
^Relatives of detainees at Guantanamo tell of fear, anger: Families are in the US to put a face to what they say is the unlawful detention of suspected terrorists in Cuba, Taipei Times, March 9, 2004
^Nizar Sassi: A French Detainee Waiting to Return Home Archived 2015-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, Medill School of Journalism
^Remand for French Guantanamo four, The Washington Post, August 1, 2004
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Nicolas Vaux-Montagny (2010-02-17). "France orders 5 former Gitmo inmates back to court". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2010-02-18.
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