Sameur Abdenour

Sameur Abdenour is a citizen of Algeria who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on March 28, 1973, in Algiers, Algeria. He was transferred to the United Kingdom on December 19, 2007.

Release negotiation
On August 7, 2007 the United Kingdom government requested the release of Sameur Abdenour and four other men who had been legal British residents without being British citizens. The UK government warned that the negotiations might take months.