Man held in Ethopia now back in N.J.

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Man held in Ethopia now back in N.J.

By DANIELA FLORES, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 26, 8:32 PM ET

TRENTON, N.J. - A man who had been held in Ethiopia on allegations
of supporting Islamic militants has been released and is back home, his
family and their lawyer said Saturday night.

Amir Mohamed Meshal, 24, returned home Saturday, said Jonathan
Hafetz, a lawyer with the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York
University School of Law.

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U.S. authorities in Washington have said that after interviewing Meshal
in Kenya they determined he was not a threat and had not violated U.S.
law. The State Department also said it formally protested his deportation
from Kenya.

Many of the detainees in Ethiopia had been questioned by members of the
FBI and the CIA, and Hafetz has previously questioned whether the U.S.
had any role in the matter.

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