10 June 2011 :
the European Parliament urged US authorities not to impose the death penalty on Saudi national and Guantanamo detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.MEPs said that rather than a military trial, al-Nashiri should instead be given a fair civilian trial in accordance with international standards of the rule of law.
Al-Nashiri was charged with murder and terrorism for his alleged leading role in the October 12, 2000, attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
(Sources: Europarl.europa.eu, 09/06/2011)
