Abdel Hamid al-Ghazzawi

Abdel Hamid Ibn Abdussalem Ibn Mifta Al Ghazzawi (عبدالحميد ابن عبدالسلام الغزاوي) is a citizen of Libya formerly held in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba because the United States believes that he is an enemy combatant.

Al Ghazzawi was transferred to Georgia on March 23, 2010.[1]

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Mentioned in the "No-hearing hearings" study

According to the study entitled, No-hearing hearings, Al Ghazzawi was one of the captives who had new Tribunals convened, in his absence, when the initial Tribunals determined that they should never have been determined to have been enemy combatants".[2]

The study quoted from the Legal Sufficiency Review from James R. Crisfield, the Tribunal's legal advisor:

"On 24 November 2004, a previous Tribunal [unanimously] determined, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Detainee #654 was not properly designated as an enemy combatant. On 25 January 2005, this Tribunal, upon review of all the evidence, determined that detainee #654 was properly [unanimously] designated as an enemy combatant."

Health

Gorman alleged that Al Ghazzawi "has not been treated for his hepatitis or tuberculosis and has developed a severe liver infection", and characterized him as "dying a slow and painful death".[3]

On January 16, 2008, Gorman announced on her blog that Al Ghazzawi told her he has AIDS.[4] Privacy restrictions prevent revealing details about an individual detainee's health, but a spokesman at Guantanamo did respond that no detainee has ever had HIV or AIDS.[5]

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Abraham's affidavit

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Abraham, a reserve officer whose field was intelligence, who is a lawyer in civilian life, served with the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants, provided an affidavit about the one Combatant Status Review Tribunal on which he served.[6][7][8]

The Tribunal where Abraham sat in judgment was Abbul Salem Al Ghizzawi's.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Abdul al Ghizzawi - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/654-abdel-hamid-ibn-abdussalem-ibn-miftah-al-ghazzawi. 
  2. ^ Mark Denbeaux, Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner. "No-hearing hearings" (PDF). Seton Hall University School of Law. p. 17. http://law.shu.edu/news/final_no_hearing_hearings_report.pdf. Retrieved April 2, 2007. 
  3. ^ "Detainee death at Guantanamo highlights concerns over prisoner health". International Herald Tribune. December 31, 2007. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/31/news/Guantanamo-Detainee-Death.php. 
  4. ^ Dire News, H. Candace Gorman, Guantanamo Blog, January 16, 2008
  5. ^ U.S. denies that Guantanamo prisoner has AIDS, Associated Press, February 1, 2008
  6. ^ "Gitmo Panelist Slams Hearing Process: Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham Is First Member Of Military Panel To Challenge Guantanamo Bay Hearings". CBS. June 23, 2007. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/23/world/main2970288_page2.shtml. Retrieved 2007-06-23. 
  7. ^ Mike Rosen-Molina (June 22, 2007). "Guantanamo tribunal officer says CSRTs pressured on 'enemy combatant' rulings". The Jurist. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/06/guantanamo-tribunal-officer-says-csrts.php. Retrieved 2007-06-25. 
  8. ^ Carol D. Leonnig, Josh White (June 23, 2007). "An Ex-Member Calls Detainee Panels Unfair: Lawyer Tells of Flawed 'Combatant' Rulings". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/22/AR2007062202230.html. Retrieved 2007-06-24. 
  9. ^ Andy Worthington (August 8, 2007). "Guantánamo: Will More Whistleblowers Step Forward, Please?". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/guantanamo-will-more-wh_b_59716.html. Retrieved 2007-08-09. 

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