Man detained in Ethiopia is freed
Amir Mohamed Meshal, 24, who had been held in Ethiopia on allegations that he had supported Islamic militants, has been released and is home in New Jersey, his family and their lawyer said.
“The Meshal family is thrilled that their son Amir has returned home after months of detention without due process,” said lawyer Jonathan Hafetz of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.
Hafetz said the family did not know why Meshal had been released.
Meshal was one of dozens held by Ethiopia in what human rights activists claimed was an illegal detention program.
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