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The Canadian Press, 2010
ALGIERS, Algeria - A lawyer for two Moroccan nationals on trial in Algeria says they have been convicted on terror-related charges.
Attorney Leila Hadjersi says Echebba Abdelghani and Legrine Salaheddine were sentenced Sunday to five years in prison and each handed a fine of 100,000 Algerian dinars (C1,000). Both had pleaded innocent to charges of "defense of terrorism." It's unusual for citizens of neighboring Morocco to be convicted on terror charges in Algeria.
The two were arrested in August 2008 while traveling to Algeria's Kabylie region, where al-Qaida's North African branch is active. The prosecution said the two confessed to plans to join the al-Qaida group.
Hadjersi said both later retracted their confessions.
The Canadian Press, 2010
ALGIERS, Algeria - A lawyer for two Moroccan nationals on trial in Algeria says they have been convicted on terror-related charges.
Attorney Leila Hadjersi says Echebba Abdelghani and Legrine Salaheddine were sentenced Sunday to five years in prison and each handed a fine of 100,000 Algerian dinars (C1,000). Both had pleaded innocent to charges of "defense of terrorism." It's unusual for citizens of neighboring Morocco to be convicted on terror charges in Algeria.
The two were arrested in August 2008 while traveling to Algeria's Kabylie region, where al-Qaida's North African branch is active. The prosecution said the two confessed to plans to join the al-Qaida group.
Hadjersi said both later retracted their confessions.
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