status detained_at image_size charge date_of_birth id_number article_title place_of_birth name occupation
repatriated guantanamo 220px no charge 1962 9 10 10001 bensayah belkacem
 ouargla , algeria bensayah belkacem clergyman
bensayah belkacem

bensayah belkacem is a citizen of bosnia , previously held in the united states guantanamo bay detainment camps , in cuba .
born in algeria , he was arrested in his home in bosnia , on october 8 , 2001 , shortly after the attacks of september 11 , 2001 .
bensayah belkacem arrived at the guantanamo detention camps on january 21 , 2002 , and was held there for .
in october 2008 his case was heard by the us district court for the district of columbia , which recommended his continued detention .
this was later overturned on appeal .
belkacem and five other men , native-born algerians who were charity workers and colleagues of his , were arrested on suspicion of plotting to bomb the american embassy in bosnia .
they are known as the algerian six .
the other five men were released in 2009 .
this followed the supreme court decision in `` boumediene v. bush '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- that said the military commissions were unconstitutional and provided for detainees to have their habeas corpus petitions heard by the us federal civilian court .
after reviewing their cases , us district court judge richard j. leon ruled each of the five was being held illegally , but he ordered the continued detention of belkacem .
his decision was appealed to the court of appeals for the district of columbia .
on june 28 , 2010 , a three-judge panel reversed leon 's ruling , holding that belkacem could not be considered a member of al-qaeda .
the justice department said it would respond .
on december 5 , 2013 , u.s. department of defense released a statement saying that belkacem had been returned to algeria .
