User:Geo Swan/gitmo/Jarallah al-Marri

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'''Jarallah al-Marri''' is a citizen of [[Qatar]] currently held in the [[United States|American]] prison at [[Guantanamo Bay]]. Al-Marri's [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]] was held on October 30, 2004. Al-Marri requested a lawyer. He was told that the tribunal was not a court of law, so he didn't need a lawyer. Al-Marri then started responding to all questions by saying "No comment". The unclassified portion of the file against Al-Marri said: :The detainee was associated with the [[Taliban]] and [[al Qaeda|al Qaida]] forces. :# The detainee is a Qatar citizen who traveled to [[Afghanistan]], through [[Pakistan]], to participate in the [[Jihad]]. :# The detainee arrived in Pakistan in the fall of 2001 and later traveled to a guesthouse in Afghanistan. :# Prior to [[11 September 2001]], the detaines went to the XXXXXXXXX camp even after learning it was owned by [[Usama Bin Laden]]. :# The detainee fled the XXXXXXXXX camp after 11 September 2001, and was issued an [[AK-47]]. :# The detainee had interaction with the Taliban and they directed him through [[checkpoints]] throughout Afghanistan. :# The detainee and others fled Afghanistan, but were arrested at the Pakistan border by the Pakistani police. Al Marri's Personnel Representative s told the tribunal that he had expected Al-Marri to speak on his own behalf, so he only had rough notes. Al-Marri and his personal representative had discussed the unclassified portion of the summary of why the DoD considered Al-Marri an unlawful combatant. Al-Marri agreed with the summary that he had "travelled to Afghanistan, in the fall of 2001, prior to the attacks of 9-11. But he said he didn't know that the camp was owned by Bin Laden. He denied being issued an AK-47. He said he travelled alone, not with others. He acknowledged interacting with the Taliban, at roadblocks. At the time he travelled Taliban manned all the roadblocks. The tribunal confirmed the determination that Al-Marri was properly classified as an [[unlawful combatant]] based on the classified portion of his file. Al-Marri participated in the [[hunger strikes]] held during the summer of 2005. According to the [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]: :''As Jarallah Al-Marri, a prisoner from Qatar, stated, “I participated in a hunger strike for 17 days to protest the inhumane conditions and religious persecution I and hundreds of other prisoners have been subject to at Guantánamo.” '' :''Further details of the seriousness of the prisoners’ claims are also emerging. Al-Marri, for example, was hospitalized as a result of his hunger strike and a deteriorating heart condition, and placed on an IV. He told his attorney, Jonathan Hafetz of Gibbons Del Deo Dolan Griffinger & Vecchione, that the government had a nurse make sexual advances towards him while he was lying in his hospital bed in a vain attempt to convince him to give up his hunger strike. Al-Marri has been in solitary confinement for over 16 months and today often goes as long as 3 weeks without being allowed outside his cell for recreation. The lights in Al-Marri's cell remain on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and he has been denied adequate bedding and clothing. Al-Marri is able to sleep only 2 hours a night, and his physical and mental health have deteriorated significantly. '' His brother [[Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri]], formerly a [[PhD]] student at [[Bradley University]], is currently held in a [[North Carolina]] naval prison. ==External links== *[http://www.cageprisoners.com/downloads/jarallahalmarri.pdf documents from al-Marri's Combatant Status Review Tribunal] *[http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/print_page.asp?ObjID=ul3zV53kyG&Content=618 Guantanamo Legal Update 8.25.05], [[Center for Constitutional Rights]], August 25, 2005 [[Category:U.S. detainees|Marri]]