Many prophesied that they would never be released. The leaders of Algeria's outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), detained since 1991, have been so de-monised that it was hard to believe they would ever be let out of jail. But on July 2nd, when they had served their 12-year sentences to the very last day, Abassi Ma-dani, and his deputy, Ali Belhadj, were quietly set free.
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