Swedish captives in Guantanamo
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The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding one Swedish captive in Guantanamo.[1] A total of 778 captives have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002 The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new captives, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of January 2008 the camp population stand at approximately 285.
Mehdi Mohammad Ghezali, the sole Swedish captive in Guantanamo, was repatriated prior to the institution of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals.[2][3] He was the subject of a feature length documentary that has received world-wide distribution.
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mark Mazzetti. "Getting A Free Pass: Anger over a deal to release a `terrorist'", US News & World Report, 8 March 2004. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ "Danish detainee 'to join rebels'", BBC,, September 30, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
