Ahmed Rashidi
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Ahmed Rashidi is a citizen of Morocco held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] Rashidi's Guantanamo ID number is 590. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on March 16, 1966, in Tangiers, Morocco.
Rashidi's lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, wrote an article in The Guardian on June 14, 2006, commenting on the American reaction to the three Guantanamo detainees who committed suicide on June 10, 2006.[2] Smith comments focussed on what he characterized as the camp authority's leaders plans to prevent future suicides by increasing their brutality.
In particular he commented on Colonel Michael Bumgarner's announcement that he would send a five-man riot squad in to conduct a Forcible Cell Entry to forcibly strip Rashidi of his brown coveralls.[3] Smith said that Rashidi had already had mental and emotional problems prior to being sent to the camp.
Rashidi did not attend either his Combatant Status Review Tribunal or his Administrative Review Board hearing.
[edit] Boston Globe investigations
On July 14, 2006 the Boston Globe reported on investigations they made to test the credibility of the allegations against Guantanamo detainees.[4] Rashidi was one of the detainees who they profiled.[5]
The Globe reported that Rashidi was alleged to have been attended the al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan.[5] According to the Globe:
- "the US military has accused Ahmed Errachidi... of 'receiving training at the Al Farooq training camp in July 2001, to include weapons training, war tactics, and bomb making.' according to a summary of evidence for his initial hearing provided to the Globe by his lawyers at Reprieve, a British legal-services organization.
- "But Chris Chang , an investigator for Reprieve, uncovered pay stubs showing that Errachidi had been a chef in two London restaurants, the Westbury and the Archduke, in July 2001. Chang's office provided copies of the pay stubs to the Globe."
[edit] References
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ Cultural sensitivity, Guantánamo Bay style, The Guardian, June 14, 2006
- ^ Guards tighten security to prevent more deaths, Charlotte Observer, June 13, 2006
- ^ Guantanamo accusations questioned after review turns up basic errors, The Jurist, July 14, 2006
- ^ a b Factual errors cited in cases against detainees: Lawyers demand new trial system at Guantanamo, Boston Globe, July 14, 2006
