Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay
A total of 134 Saudi citizen have been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba and as of today eleven remain there. The three Saudis Yasser Talal Al Zahrani, Abdul Rahman al-Amri and Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi died in Guantanamo during their detention.[1]
A total of 778 detainees have been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002. The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. As of March 2012, 171 detainees remain at Guantanamo.[2]
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[edit] Saudi citizen held in Guantanamo
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| 2007-12-29 | 5 | Abdul Aziz Al Matrafi | ||
| 2002-04-05 | 9 | Yaser Esam Hamdi |
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| 2007-07-16 | 13 | Fahed Nasser Mohamed | ||
| 2007-02-20 | 25 | Majeed Abdullah Al Joudi |
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| Held | 42 | Abdul Rahman Shalabi |
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| Held | 49 | Assem Matruq Mohammad Al Aasmi | ||
| 2007-09-05 | 51 | Majid Al Barayan | ||
| 2007-07-15 | 53 | Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih Al Mahayawi | ||
| 2006-12-13 | 55 | Muhammed Yahia Mosin Al Zayla | ||
| 2006-06-24 | 58 | Musa Abed Al Wahab | ||
| 2007-11-09 | 59 | Sultan Ahmed Dirdeer Musa Al Uwaydha | ||
| 2007-07-15 | 62 | Muhamad Naji Subhi Al Juhani |
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| Held | 63 | Mohammed al-Qahtani |
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| 2006-05-18 | 64 | Abdel Hadi Mohammed Badan Al Sebaii Sebaii |
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| 2007-07-15 | 66 | Yahya Samil Al Suwaymil Al Sulami |
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| 2007-11-09 | 68 | Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Al Bawardi | ||
| 2003-05-14 | 71 | Mish’al Muhammad Rashid Al-Shedocky |
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| 2006-06-24 | 73 | Yusif Khalil Abdallah Nur | ||
| 2007-12-28 | 74 | Mesh Arsad Al Rashid |
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| 2007-09-05 | 79 | Fahed Al Harazi | ||
| 2003-05-14 | 80 | Fahd Abdallah Ibrahim Al-Shabani |
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| Died in custody | 93 | Yasser Talal Al Zahrani | ||
| 2006-05-18 | 94 | Ibrahim Daif Allah Neman Al Sehli |
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| 2006-05-18 | 95 | Abdul Rahman Ahmed Uthman | ||
| 2006-06-24 | 96 | Muhammad Surur Dakhilallah Al Utaybi | ||
| 2006-05-18 | 105 | Adnan Muhammed Ali Al Saigh |
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| 2006-12-13 | 109 | Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh | ||
| 2007-09-05 | 112 | Abdul Aziz Saad Al Khaldi | ||
| 2007-11-09 | 114 | Yussef Mohammed Mubarak Al Shihri | ||
| 2006-12-13 | 121 | Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed |
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| 2007-07-15 | 122 | Bijad Thif Allah Al Atabi |
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| 2003-05-14 | 125 | Fawaz Abd Al Aziz Al Zahrani | ||
| 2007-09-05 | 126 | Salam Abdullah Said | ||
| 2003-05-14 | 127 | Ibrahim Rushdan Brayk Al Shili |
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| 2007-11-09 | 130 | Faha Sultan | ||
| 2006-06-24 | 132 | Abdul Salam Gaithan Mureef Al Shehry |
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| 2007-07-15 | 154 | Mazin Salih Musaid Al Awfi | ||
| 2005-07-19 | 155 | Khalid Sulaymanjaydh Al Hubayshi |
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| 2006/05/19 | 157 | Saed Khatem Al Malki |
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| 2007-02-20 | 158 | |||
| 2007-09-28 | 172 | Ali Muhammed Nasir Mohammed | ||
| 2007-02-20 | 176 | Majid Aydha Muhammad Al Qurayshi | ||
| 2006-05-18 | 177 | Fahd Salih Sulayman Al Jutayli |
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| 2007-07-15 | 179 | Abdul Rahman Owaid Mohammad Al Juaid | ||
| 2005-11-04 | 181 | Maji Afas Radhi Al Shimri |
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| 2007-07-15 | 182 | Bandar Ahmad Mubarak Al Jabri | ||
| 2006-06-24 | 184 | Othman Ahmed Othman Al Omairah |
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| 2007-11-09 | 185 | Turki Mash Awi Zayid Al Asiri |
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| 2007-02-20 | 186 | Rashed Awad Khalaf Balkhair |
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| 2007-11-09 | 187 | Murtadha Al Said Makram |
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| 2006-12-13 | 188 | Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi |
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| 2006-06-24 | 191 | Saleh Ali Jaid Al Khathami | ||
| 2006-12-13 | 192 | Ibrahimj Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh | ||
| Held | 195 | Mohammad Al Rahman Al Shumrani | ||
| 2007-09-05 | 196 | Musa Ali Said Al Said Al Amari | ||
| Died in custody | 199 | Abdul Rahman Ma Ath Thafir Al Amri | ||
| Held | 200 | Said Muhammad Husayn Qahtani | ||
| 2007-07-15 | 204 | Said Ibrahim Ramzi Al Zahrani | ||
| 2006-12-13 | 206 | Abdullah Muahammed Abdel Aziz | ||
| 2005-07-19 | 207 | Mishal Awad Sayaf Alhabiri |
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| 2007-07-15 | 214 | Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Kurash | ||
| 2007-11-09 | 215 | Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif | ||
| 2007-12-28 | 216 | Jamil Ali Al Kabi |
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| 2007-09-05 | 218 | Fahd Muhammed Abdullah Al Fouzan | ||
| 2006-12-13 | 226 | Anwar Al Nurr |
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| 2007-07-15 | 230 | Humud Dakhil Humud Sa'id Al-Jad'an |
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| 2007-09-05 | 231 | Abdulhadi Abdallah Ibrahim al Sharakh |
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| 2007-07-15 | 234 | Khalid Mohammed Al Zaharni |
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| Held | 239 | Shaker Aamer |
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| Held | 240 | Abdullah Yahia Yousf Al Shabli | ||
| 2007-12-28 | 243 | Abdullah Ali Al Utaybi | ||
| 2006-12-13 | 245 | Al Silm Haji Hajjaj Awwad Al Hajjaji | ||
| 2005-07-19 | 248 | Saleh Abdall Al Oshan |
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| 2007-11-09 | 258 | Nayif Abdallah Ibrahim Ibrahim |
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| 2007-07-15 | 261 | Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dosari |
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| 2007-11-09 | 262 | Abdullah Abd Al Mu'in Al Wafti |
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| 2006-06-24 | 264 | Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah | ||
| 2006-06-24 | 265 | Tariqe Shallah Hassan Al Harbi | ||
| 2006-06-24 | 266 | Abdallah Muhammad Salih Al Ghanimi | ||
| 2007-12-28 | 268 | Abdul Rahman Nashi Badi Al Hataybi | ||
| 2006-06-24 | 271 | Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim Al Nasir | ||
| 2007-12-28 | 272 | Zaid Binsallah Mohammed Il Bhawith |
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| 2006-12-13 | 273 | Abd Al Aziz Muhammad Ibrahim Al Nasir | . | |
| 2007-09-05 | 274 | Bader Al Bakri Al Samiri | ||
| 2006-12-13 | 286 | Ziad Said Farg Jahdari | ||
| 2005-09-30 | 287 | Sami Abdul Aziz Salim Allaithy |
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| 2006-05-18 | 308 | Adil Uqla Hassan Al Nusayri |
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| 2007-09-05 | 318 | Rami Bin Said Al Taibi | ||
| 2006-05-18 | 319 | Mohammed Jayed Sebai |
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| 2007-09-05 | 322 | Khalid Hassan Husayn Al Barakat | ||
| 2010-o9-16 | 331 | Ohmed Ahmed Mahamoud Al Shurfa | ||
| 2007-07-15 | 332 | Abdullah Al Tayabi | ||
| 2007-11-09 | 333 | Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi | ||
| 2009-06-12 | 335 | Kahlid Saad Mohammed |
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| 2006-12-13 | 336 | Majed Hamad Al Frih |
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| 2006-06-24 | 337 | Sa ad Ibraham Sa ad Al Bidna | ||
| 2006-06-24 | 338 | Wasim aka Wasm Awwad Omar Al-Wasm |
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| 2006-05-18 | 339 | Khalid Abdallah Abdel Rahman Al Morghi | ||
| 2006-12-13 | 340 | Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey |
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| 2006-12-13 | 341 | Said Ali Al Farha |
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| 2007-09-05 | 342 | Mohammed Mubarek Salah Al Qurbi | ||
| 2006-05-18 | 343 | Abdallah Ibrahim Al Rushaydan | ||
| 2006-06-24 | 344 | Rashid Abdul Mosleh Qayed | ||
| 2006-05-18 | 346 | Said Bezan Ashek Shayban | ||
| 2007-09-05 | 368 | Amran Baqur Mohammed Hawsawi |
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| 2007-07-15 | 370 | Abd Al Hizani | ||
| 2007-11-09 | 372 | Sa Id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri |
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| 2007-12-28 | 436 | Nayif Fahd Mutliq Al Usaymi | ||
| 2007-02-20 | 437 | Faizal Saha Al Nasir | ||
| 2007-11-09 | 438 | Hani Saiid Mohammad Al Khalif | ||
| 2007-12-28 | 439 | Khalid Malu Shia Al Ghatani |
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| Held | 440 | Mohammed Ali Abdullah Bwazir |
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| 2007-09-05 | 493 | Abdul Hakim Bukhary |
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| 2006-05-18 | 501 | Nawwaf Fahd Humood Al-Otaibi |
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| 2006-05-18 | 505 | Khalid Rashd Ali Al Muri |
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| 2006-12-13 | 507 | Sultan Sari Sayel Al Anazi |
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| 2006-12-13 | 513 | Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hussein Khowlanpp | ||
| 2007-09-05 | 514 | Abdallah Faris Al Unazi Thani |
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| 2007-07-15 | 516 | Ghanim Abdul Rahman Al Harbi | ||
| 2007-02-20 | 536 | Mohamed Abdullah Al Harbi |
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| Held | 553 | Abdul Khaled Ahmed Sahleh Al Bedani | ||
| 2007-12-28 | 565 | Abdul Hakim Abdul Rahman Abdulaziz Al Mousa | ||
| Held | 566 | Mansoor Muhammed Ali Qattaa | ||
| 2007-7-16 | 570 | Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim Al Qurashi | ||
| Held | 572 | Slah Muhamed Salih Al Zabe | ||
| 2003-05-14 | 585 | Ibrahim Umar Ali Al Umar |
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| Died in custody | 588 | Mana Shaman Allabardi Al Tabi |
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| 2007-09-05 | 647 | Zaban Thaaher Zaban Al Shamaree |
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| 2007-11-09 | 650 | Jabir Hasan Muhamed Al Qahtani | ||
| 2006-05-18 | 652 | Abdullah Hamid Al Qahtani |
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| 2006-05-18 | 664 | Rashid Awad Rashid Al Uwaydah |
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| 2009-06-12 | 669 | Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair |
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| Held | 682 | Ghassan Abdallah Ghazi Al Shirbi |
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| 2009-06-12 | 687 | Abdalaziz Kareem Salim Al Noofayaee |
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| Held | 696 | Jabran Said Wazar Al Qahtani |
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| Held | 713 | Muhammed Murdi Issa Al Zahrani |
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| Held | 768 | Ahmed Muhammed Haza Al Darbi |
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| Held | 893 | Tolfiq Nassar Ahmed Al Bihani |
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| Held | 1456 | Hassan Mohammed Salih Bin Attash |
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[edit] Saudi rehabilitation
A July 26, 2007 article from Asharq Alawsat described the Care Rehabilitation Center repatriated detainees are held in until they are finally released.[41] According to the article the detainees received special meals, had access to satellite TV, and were able to get day passes.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the facility on November 2, 2008, and spoke with several former Guantanamo detainees.[42][43][44][45]
The Saudis claimed the program had a 100 percent success rate,[citation needed] prior to the release of threatening videos in January 2009, where two men[who?] who identified themselves as former Guantanamo detainee spoke out about both Guantanamo and the Saudi program.[clarification needed] Saudi authorities then re-apprehended nine men.[citation needed]
[edit] Defection
The Saudi Arabian government has published four Saudi lists of "most wanted" suspected terrorists. On February 3, 2009, the Saudi Arabian government published a list of 85 suspected terrorists. Unlike the previous three lists the most recent list was reported to name eleven former Guantanamo captives.
[edit] References
- ^ "Citizens of Saudi Arabia - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/country/saudi-arabia.
- ^ Hosenball, Mark (2012-03-05). "Recidivism rises among released Guantanamo detainees". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/06/us-usa-guantanamo-recidivism-idUSTRE82501120120306. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ^ http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project/testimonies/prisoner-testimonies/who-are-the-16-saudis-released-from-guantanamo
- ^ http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project/testimonies/prisoner-testimonies/who-are-the-16-saudis-released-from-guantanamo
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Raid Qusti (July 17, 2007). "More Gitmo Detainees Come Home". Arab News. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=98598&d=17&m=7&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Andy Worthington (July 18, 2007). "Who are the 16 Saudis Released From Guantánamo?". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/who-are-the-16-saudis-rel_b_56810.html.
- ^ http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project/testimonies/prisoner-testimonies/abdul-rahman-shalabi-letter-to-his-lawyers-september-26-2009
- ^ http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/10/08/secrecy-still-shrouds-guantanamos-five-year-hunger-striker/
- ^ http://www.komonews.com/news/national/104392133.html
- ^ Shephard, Michelle (2009-07-20). "Is force-feeding Gitmo detainees ethical?". The Star (Toronto). http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/668733.
- ^ http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/10/08/secrecy-still-shrouds-guantanamos-five-year-hunger-striker/
- ^ Exclusive: "20th Hijacker" Claims That Torture Made Him Lie, Time, March 3, 2006
- ^ David Frum, Nov. 11, 2006: Gitmo Annotated, National Review Online, November 11, 2006
- ^ a b P.K. Abdul Ghafour (December 29, 2007). "10 More Return From Guantanamo". Arab News. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=105116&d=30&m=12&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ^ Vital organs missing from repatriated body: family, Gulf News, June 21, 2006
- ^ Gitmo detainee buried after body cross-examined, Yemen Times, June 25, 2005
- ^ a b "Saudi detainees at Guantanamo returned to the Kingdom; names given". Royal Saudi Embassy, Washington. May 19, 2006. Archived from the original on September 28, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060928004450/http://saudiembassy.net/2006News/News/UsrDetail.asp?cIndex=6226. Retrieved March 22, 2007.
- ^ a b Andy Worthington (November 12, 2007). "Innocents and Foot Soldiers: The Stories of the 14 Saudis Just Released From Guantánamo". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/innocents-and-foot-soldie_b_72286.html. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Anant Raut, Jill M. Friedman (March 19, 2007). "The Saudi Repatriates Report". http://www.fotofest.org/guantanamo/SaudiReport.pdf. Retrieved April 21, 2007.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia: Guantanamo Detainees Return to Limbo". scoop.nz. May 31, 2006. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0605/S00583.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/reports/guantanamos-children-the-wikileaked-testimonies/guantanamos-children-the-wikileaked-testimonies
- ^ a b c "16 Saudis released from Guantanamo arrive home, are immediately detained". WHDH. December 14, 2006. http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/world/BO37039/. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
- ^ Lawyers: Gitmo solitary wrecks captive's mind, CNN. September 18, 2006
- ^ FBI reports suicide try by suspect at Gitmo: Man tied to recruiting of 'Lackawanna Six', Buffalo News, November 7, 2005
- ^ Guantanamo Detainee Says Beating Injured Spine, Washington Post, August 13, 2005
- ^ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
- ^ Deep Wounds, Al Ahram, October 26, 2005
- ^ Reggie B. Walton (January 31, 2007). "Gherebi, et al. v. Bush" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. http://www.pegc.us/archive/In_re_Gitmo/order_RBW_20070131.pdf. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
- ^ First Violation of McCain Torture Amendment Alleged in Emergency Injunction: Attorneys File to End Further Torture of Guantánamo Detainee on Hunger Strike, Center for Constitutional Rights, June 19, 2009
- ^ "Sixteen Saudis return from Guantanamo Bay prison". asharq alawsat. September 6, 2007. http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=10114. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ a b "US 'kept Guantanamo deal from UK'". BBC News. 2009-06-12. Archived from the original on 2009-06-13. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Famericas%2F8098341.stm&date=2009-06-13.
- ^ "USA v. Al Sharbi" (PDF). US Department of Defense. November 7, 2005. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2005/d20051104sharbi.pdf. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
- ^ "USA v. Al Qahtani" (PDF). US Department of Defense. November 7, 2005. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2005/d20051104qahtani.pdf. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
- ^ Trial under way for soldier in Afghan prisoner abuse case, Star Telegram, May 30, 2006
- ^ Soldier pleads not guilty in detainee harm, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 28, 2006
- ^ Guantánamo: pain and distress for thousands of children, Amnesty International
- ^ Reprieve uncovers evidence indicating German territory may have been used in rendition and abuse, Reprieve, October 10, 2006
- ^ List of “Ghost Prisoners” Possibly in CIA Custody, Human Rights Watch, December 1, 2005
- ^ Farah Stockman (2006-04-26). "7 detainees report transfer to nations that use torture". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Farticles%2F2006%2F04%2F26%2F7_detainees_report_transfer_to_nations_that_use_torture%2F&date=2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ Clive Stafford Smith (2005-06-15). "Kids of Guantanamo". Reprieve via Cageprisoners. Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cageprisoners.com%2Farticles.php%3Fid%3D7880&date=2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ Turki Al-Saheil (July 26, 2007). "Life After Guantanamo". Asharq Alawsat. http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=3&id=9700. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ^ "Brown meets ex-Guantanamo detainees in Saudi". Agence France Presse. 2008-11-02. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQ-4Ko6ndiju_FPe5v7jckIqGDFQ. Retrieved 2008-11-02. mirror
- ^ Jane Wardell (2008-11-02). "Britain's Brown meets Saudi terrorist suspects". Associated Press. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFCxRt4sdGYNIssB-PI9BzK6Td6AD946UAQ00. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ Rosa Prince (2008-11-02). "Gordon Brown shakes hands with Muslim extremists during Saudi visit". London: The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/3367084/Gordon-Brown-shakes-hands-with-Muslim-extremists-during-Saudi-visit.html. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ Kirsty Walker (2008-11-02). "Gordon Brown shakes hands with former Al Qaeda terrorists during visit to Saudi Arabian 'correction' centre". London: Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1082438/Gordon-Brown-shakes-hands-Al-Qaeda-terrorists-visit-Saudi-Arabian-correction-centre.html. Retrieved 2008-11-02. mirror
[edit] External links
- "Detainee Transfer Announced". Department of Defense. July 16, 2007. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11130. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- Raid Qusti (July 17, 2007). "More Gitmo Detainees Come Home". Arab News. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=98598&d=17&m=7&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
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