USA: Further information on: Fear of torture or ill-treatment/Incommunicado Detention, Ahmed Abu 'Ali

Index Number: AMR 51/044/2005
Date Published: 23 February 2005
Categories: Americas, USA

Ahmed Abu Ali was released from detention in Saudi Arabia and returned to the USA on 22 February to face charges that include conspiring to assassinate President George W. Bush. If convicted he faces a maximum sentence of 80 years in prison.