An Algerian court on Monday sentenced a former Guantanamo Bay detainee to three years in jail for membership of an extremist group active overseas.
The prosecution had sought a 10-year prison sentence and a 5,000-euro ($6,330) fine for Nadji Abdelaziz, whose lawyer Hassiba Boumerdassi said she would appeal.
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