Comments on: Guantánamo In Belgium: The Questionable Fate Of Two Tunisians http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/14/guantanamo-in-belgium/ Investigative journalist, author, filmmaker and Guantanamo expert Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:54:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andy Worthington http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/14/guantanamo-in-belgium/comment-page-1/#comment-48210 Andy Worthington Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:02:41 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5265#comment-48210 Thanks, Mathias. Postscript and correction added! Thanks, Mathias. Postscript and correction added!

]]> By: Mathias Vermeulen http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/14/guantanamo-in-belgium/comment-page-1/#comment-48208 Mathias Vermeulen Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:16:54 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5265#comment-48208 Hi Andy, I already posted an update of the story here: http://legalift.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/belgian-lawyers-ask-extradition-of-two-tunisian-guantanamo-bay-detainees/ The spokesperson for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally declared yesterday that the transfer of the two Tunisian detainees was not requested by the Belgian state, but by the detainees' two lawyers (who requested the federal prosecutor to issue an international arrest warrant so they could be extradited to Belgium.) The lawyers thought there was a good chance that both detainees would be sent to Belgium by the 6th of October, which is the date of the new trial. It seems therefore that Obama nor the Belgian state wasn't planning any specific 'rendition', but that the request for transfer is a lawyer's initiative on behalf of the detainees. There's no news from the US government yet. But if it comes it's very likely they will send over Hakeemy, but not Sliti I think. More to come soon! Hi Andy,

I already posted an update of the story here: http://legalift.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/belgian-lawyers-ask-extradition-of-two-tunisian-guantanamo-bay-detainees/

The spokesperson for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally declared yesterday that the transfer of the two Tunisian detainees was not requested by the Belgian state, but by the detainees’ two lawyers (who requested the federal prosecutor to issue an international arrest warrant so they could be extradited to Belgium.) The lawyers thought there was a good chance that both detainees would be sent to Belgium by the 6th of October, which is the date of the new trial.

It seems therefore that Obama nor the Belgian state wasn’t planning any specific ‘rendition’, but that the request for transfer is a lawyer’s initiative on behalf of the detainees. There’s no news from the US government yet. But if it comes it’s very likely they will send over Hakeemy, but not Sliti I think.

More to come soon!

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