Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi

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Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi (May 16, 1981 – June 10, 2006) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia, who was detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] Al-Utaybi's Guantanamo ID number is 588.[2] The Department of Defense estimates he was born in 1976, in Al Qarara, Saudi Arabia.

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[edit] Timeline

On June 10, 2006 the Department of Defense reported that three Guantanamo detainees, two Saudis, and one Yemeni committed suicide.[3] DoD spokesmen refrained from releasing the dead men's identities.

Main article: Guantanamo suicide attempts

On June 11, 2006 Saudi authorities released the names of the two Saudi men.[1] Some reports identified one of the dead Saudis as Maniy bin Shaman al-Otaibi. Other reports identified that man as Mani bin Shaman bin Turki al Habradi.[4]

On June 16, 2006 the Miami Herald reported that Al-Utaybi had been issued ID number 588, and had been identified in earlier documents as Mazi Salih al Harbi.[5] On the two official lists of detainee's names, published on April 20, 2006 and May 15, 2006, detainee 588 is named Mana Shaman Allabardi Al Tabi.[6][2]

[edit] Release

The Washington Post reported that Al Utaybi had been recommended for transfer to another country. [7][8] The DoD did not state to which country he would have been transferred. But they said he would have been held in detention there.

The Washington Post reported: "Lieutenant Commander. Robert Durand, a spokesman for the Guantanamo detention center, said he did not know whether al-Utaybi had been informed about the transfer recommendation before he killed himself."[7]

On June 13, 2006 various sources quoted human rights lawyer Mark Denbeaux, one of the principal authors of the first Denbeaux study, saying Al Utaybi had not been informed he had been recommended for transfer.[9]

[edit] Legal representation

The DoD had initially informed the press that none of the three men who killed themselves had legal representation, or had filed habeas applications. [10] Jeff Davis, one of the lawyers who volunteered to be part of Al Utaybi's legal team, said their efforts had been "thwarted at every turn".

Davis said the legal team had filed a writ of habeas corpus on Al Utaybi's behalf in September 2005.[10] He said that the DoD claimed their write was invalid because they had spelled his name wrong. He said that the DoD had thrown up roadblocks in granting them the security clearances necessary to visit Al Utaybi, so they had never visited him. Davis said that the DoD would not deliver their mail to Al Utaybi.

[edit] Missing organs

The Department of Defense returned the dead men's bodies in mid-June. The men's families wanted a second set of autopsies. Utaybi's family reported that the Saudi post-mortem had found that the DoD had retained his brain, heart, liver and kidneys.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Riydadh names Guantanamo suicide victims, wants bodies, Daily News & Analysis, June 11, 2006
  2. ^ a b list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
  3. ^ Three Guantanamo detainees die in suicides, Reuters, June 10, 2006
  4. ^ Saudis allege torture in Guantanamo deaths, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 11, 2006
  5. ^ Guantanamo detainees unaware of defense lawyers, Miami Herald, June 16, 2006
  6. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, April 20, 2006
  7. ^ a b DOD Identifies 3 Guantanamo Suicides, Washington Post, June 11, 2006
  8. ^ Guantanamo inmate was to be moved, Al Jazeera, June 12, 2006
  9. ^ Guantanamo inmate killed himself 'unaware he was due to be freed', The Scotsman, June 13, 2006
  10. ^ a b Lawyers say defense of Guantanamo suicide victim was thwarted, Mainichi Daily News, June 13, 2006
  11. ^ Vital organs missing from repatriated body: family, Gulf News, June 21, 2006
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