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| Hassan Hattab and Salafi leaders return to normal life |
| 2011-03-08 |
| [Ennahar] The president of the National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (CNCPPDH), Farouk Ksentini, said that under the lifting of emergency rule, the repentant who have surrendered under the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, will now be able to return to normal life and no longer be held under house arrest. As for those who have been nabbed in cases related to terrorism, they will be brought to justice who will decide their cases. The former Emir of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ... now known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb... as well as many former leaders of the terrorist organization, such as Khattab Mourad, alias Omar Abdelbir, a founder of the GSPC, Abdelkader Ben Messaoud, alias Abu Messaoud, former emir of the ninth zone of the GSPC, Cherif Said alias Abu Zakariya, a member of the Council of Elders of the GSPC, will return to normal life since they surrendered to security services as part of peace and national reconciliation. These are currently in their families in secure areas chosen by the authorities for their safety. The situation of this category of former armed elements will be rectified on decisions of the authorities, especially after the lifting of the state of emergency imposed on defendants in terrorism-related cases to be under house arrest. According to the presidential decree concerning the code of criminal procedures, resulting from decisions of the council of ministers which led to the lifting of emergency rule, people sued in terrorism cases will be assigned to residence in places defined by authorities in order to exploit the information in their possession so that to prevent future terrorist attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |