Mohammad Al Rahman Al Shumrani

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Mohammad Al Rahman Al Shumrani is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.^[1] Al Shumrani's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 195. The Department of Defense reports that Al Shumrani was born on February 1, 1975, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal
- 1.1 Summary of Evidence memo
- 1.2 Transcript
2 Muhammad Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shumrant v. George W. Bush
3 Administrative Review Board hearing
- 3.1 First annual Administrative Review Board
- 3.2 Second annual Administrative Review Board
4 References

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a trailer the size of a large RV. The captive sat on a plastic garden chair, with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor.^[2]^[3] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.^[4]

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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.

[edit] Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Mohammad Al Rahman Al Shumrani's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 27 September 2004. ^[5] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a. The detainee is associated with al Qaida and the Taliban:

the detainee left Saudi Arabia for Bahrain on 15 June 2001.
The detainee wanted to fight in [[Chechnya, but was told he would need military training that could best be obtained in Afghanistan.
The detainee stated he attended a terrorist training camp.
One of the detainee's known aliases was on a list of captured al Qaida members that was discovered on a computer hard drive associated with a senior al Qaida member ^[sic] .

b. The detainee partipated in military operations against the coalition.

The detainee stated that while he was fighting in Afghanistan, he tried to see Usama Bin Laden.
The detainee was trained in the use of Kalishnikov ^[sic] rifle and hand grenades.
The detainee was given about two weeks training very close to the front.
The detainee stated while at the front, he carried a Kalishnikov rifle with three 30-round magazines and a few grenades.
The detainee operated a hand held two-way radio, which he used to request additional supplies (Tora Bora area).
The detainee spent about five months at the front lines.
The detainee stated that when he departed Tora Bora, he and his fellow fighters surrendered their weapons to the local tribes and walked across the border.

[edit] Transcript

Al Shumrani chose not to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[6] But he did dictate a statement to his Personal Representative:

"I Mohammad Bin Adbul Rahman Al Shamrani, detainee in Cuba, No. 195. I tell you I don’t believe in the American Justice Department and your Supreme Court. So judge me the way you like. I’m looking forward for god to judge between me and you."

[edit] Muhammad Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shumrant v. George W. Bush

A writ of habeas corpus was submitted on Muhammad Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shumrant's behalf.^[7] In response, on 10 January 2006 the Department of Defense released 16 pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

[edit] Administrative Review Board hearing

Hearing room where Guantanamo captive's annual Administrative Review Board hearings convened for captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal had already determined they were an "enemy combatant".^[8]

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.

[edit] First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Mohammad Al Rahman Al Shumrani Administrative Review Board, on 26 October 2005.^[9] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

[edit] Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Shumrant Administrative Review Board, on 25 September 2006.^[10] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.