Ridouane Khalid

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Ridouane Khalid
Born: August 16, 1967(1967-08-16)
Detained at: Guantanamo
Alias(s): Redouane Khalid
ID number: 173
Conviction(s): no charge, held in extrajudicial detention
Status repatriated

Ridouane Khalid (Arabic: رضوان خالد‎) (born 1969) is a French citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 173. The Department of Defense says his birthdate is August 16, 1967.

He along with Khaled Ben Mustapha and Mustaq Ali Patel was the last French citizen held at the base. They were released in March 2005 and placed under formal investigation by a judge in Paris. Khalid has two brothers already under investigation for alleged terrorism-related matters.

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[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a 3 x 6 meter trailer. The captive sat with his hands cuffed and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor. Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.
Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a 3 x 6 meter trailer. The captive sat with his hands cuffed and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor.[2] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.[3]

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 Redouane Khalid's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 2 September 2004.[4] The memo listed the following allegations against him:

a. The detain is an al Qaeda fighter:
  1. Detainee is a French citizen who traveled to Afghanistan from London on 22 July 2001.
  2. The detainee trained with Kalashnikov rifles in Afghanistan.
  3. The detainee stayed at a safehouse in Kabul in the Akbar Khan Mina neighborhood, a known Taliban and Al Qaeda occupied territory.
  4. The detainee stated that he traveled to a Taliban camp in Kandahar for training and also carried weapons into the mountains when Jalalabad fell to the Northern Alliance.
  5. The detainee stated he arrived in Jalalabad in August 2001 and stayed at an Algerian safe house.
  6. The detainee stated that, after September 11,2001, he met two fellow detainees at the same Algerian safe house that was located in Jalalabad.

[edit] Transcript

Khalid chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[5] On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[6]

[edit] Testimony

[edit] Redouane Khalid v. George W. Bush

A writ of habeas corpus, Redouane Khalid v. George W. Bush, was submitted on Redouane Khalid's behalf.[7] In response, on 14 October 2004, the Department of Defense released 39 pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

[edit] References

  1. ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  2. ^ Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Financial Times, December 11, 2004
  3. ^ Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials. United States Department of Defense (March 6, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
  4. ^ OARDEC (2 September 2004). Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Khalid, Redouane page 77. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  5. ^ <ref> <li id="cite_note-TheAge20060404-5">'''[[#cite_ref-TheAge20060404_5-0|^]]''' {{cite news | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-Guantanamo-files/2006/04/04/1143916500334.html | title=US releases Guantanamo files | publisher=[[The Age]] | date=[[April 4]], [[2006]] | accessdate=2008-03-15 | quote= }}</li> <li id="cite_note-GuantanamoHabeasRedouaneKhalidvGeorgeWBush-6">'''[[#cite_ref-GuantanamoHabeasRedouaneKhalidvGeorgeWBush_6-0|^]]''' {{cite web | url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_977-1088.pdf#36 | title=Redouane Khalid v George W. Bush | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] | date=[[14 October]] [[2004]] | pages=pages 36-74 | accessdate=2007-12-05 }}</li></ol></ref>

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