Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani

Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani
Born 1969 (age 42–43)
Arrested September 2002
Karachi, Pakistan
Detained at "the salt pit"
Guantanamo
Alternate name Abu Rahim Moulana Gulam Rabbani
ISN 1460
Status Still held in Guantanamo

Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1]

American Intelligence analysts estimated that Rabbani was born in 1969.

By July 23, 2011, Abdul Rabbani Abd al Rahim Abu Rahman had been held at Guantanamo for six years and 10 months.[2]

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Detention in "the salt pit"

According to Laid Saidi, Rabbani, and his brother, Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani, were being held in the CIA black site known as "the salt pit" at the same time as him.[3]

Habeas petition

A habeas submission was submitted on his behalf to US District Court Judge Ricardo M. Urbina.[4] In response, on December 13, 2005 the Department of Defense published a fourteen page dossier of unclassified documents arising from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

His Summary of Evidence memo was drafted on November 10, 2004.[4]

The documents indicate a USAF Major, his Personal Representative, recorded on the detainee election form that they met for half an hour on 17 November 2004 to discuss his upcoming Tribunal.[4] His Personal Representative's notes state he chose not to attend his Tribunal.

Tribunal panel 21 convened 23 November 2004 and confirmed his "enemy combatant status". The decision memo drafted by the Tribunal states it reached this conclusion based on classified evidence.[4] Unusually this Tribunal was not convened in Guantanamo, and the Personal Representative who met with him was not present. The Department of Defense has not offered an explanation as to why this Tribunal was not convened in Guantanamo.

His name is spelled both as "Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani" and "Abu Rahim Moulana Gulam Rabbani" in the document.[4]

Hunger strike

Rabbani and his brother participated in the hunger strike that started on August 8, 2005.[5]

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