Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd

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Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd is a Yemeni citizen detained at the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.^[1] The Department of Defense reports Abd Al Rahman Abd was born on December 27, 1975, in Aluday, Yemen.

1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal
- 1.1 Allegations against Abd Al Rahman And
- 1.2 Abd Al Rahman Abd's testimony
2 Administrative Review Board hearing
3 References

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a small trailer, the same width, but shorter, than a mobile home. The Tribunal's President sat in the big chair. The detainee sat with their hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor in the white, plastic garden chair. A one way mirror behind the Tribunal President allowed observers to observe clandestinely. In theory the open sessions of the Tribunals were open to the press. Three chairs were reserved for them. In practice the Tribunal only intermittently told the press that Tribunals were being held. And when they did they kept the detainee's identities secret. In practice almost all Tribunals went unobserved.

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct a competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.

Abd Al Rahman Abd chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[2]

[edit] Allegations against Abd Al Rahman And

The allegations contained in Abd Al Rahman Abd's CSRT were:

a. The detainee is an al Qaida fighter:

In the year 2000 the detainee reportedly traveled from Yemen to Afghanistan.
The detainee reportedly received training at the al-Farouq training camp.

b. The detainee engaged in hostilities:

In April 2001 the detainee reportedly returned to Afghanistan.
The detainee reportedly went to the front lines in Kabul.

[edit] Abd Al Rahman Abd's testimony

Abd Al Rahman Abd insisted he was a victim of mistaken identity. He said: "My name was Agnahn Purhan Abjalil, from Orday City in Yemen, not a city in al Qaida. My city is very far from the city of al Qaida."
Abd Al Rahman Abd insisted he traveled to Afghanistan for medical treatment, not military training. He claimed his medical records would confirm this.
Abd Al Rahman Abd's testimony was acrimonious. He seemed confused.

Abd Al Rahman Abd's Personal Representative's notes predicted that he would be disruptive, and concluded that his behavior was a ploy, the result of training to resist interrogation.

[edit] Administrative Review Board hearing

Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review Board hearings. The Administrative Review Boards weren't authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren't authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant".

They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat -- or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free.

Abd Al Rahman Abd chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[3]