Adel Ben Mabrouk

Adel Ben Mabrouk
Born September 15, 1970(1970-09-15)
Tunis, Tunisia
Detained at Guantanamo
Alternate name Adil Mabrouk Boughanmi Bin Hamida, Adel Ben Mabrouk Bin Hamida Boughanmi, Adil Mabrouk Bin Hamida
ISN 148
Charge(s) No charge
Status Transferred to Italy

Adel Ben Mabrouk is a citizen of Tunisia and a former extrajudicial detainee at the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] At the time of his transfer into Italian custody in November 2009, he had been held at Guantánamo for seven years & nine months.[2][3][4]

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Combatant Status Review

Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Mabrouk was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings.[5] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. Mabrouk's memo accused him of the following:[6][7][8]

  1. The detainee is associated with al Qaida.
  2. The detainee a Tunisian national[9] living in Italy, traveled to Afghanistan in early 2001.
  3. The detainee stayed at the "House of Algerians" guesthouse in Jalalabad.
  4. The detainee trained on the assembly and disassembly of the Kalishnikov [sic]rifle.
  5. The Tunisian government has listed the detainee as an extremist who lived in the Bosnian-Mujahedin Village of Boeinja Bonja.
  6. The detainee was a member of the Sami Essid Network.
  7. The Sami Essid Network provides financial support to terrorist groups.
  8. Detainee was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in Tunisia[10] for being a member of a terrorist organization operating abroad.
  9. Detainee possibly falsified passports for fleeing al Qaida combatants who make it to Europe.
  10. Detainee was captured on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border by Pakistani military forces.

Habeas Petition

Mabrouk filed a habeas corpus petition which was ruled moot by the US District Court in July 2008[11] .

Annual Administrative Review Boards

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for each annual Administrative Review Board hearing, outlining the evidence for and against continued internment. Mabrouk's first hearing was held on 20 July 2005.[12] (There is no record that he participated in this Board hearing). His second hearing took place on 25 April 2006.[13]

Transfer from Guantanamo

On November 30, 2009, Bin Hamida and fellow detainee, Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri, were transferred from Guantanamo into the custody of representatives of Italy. Both men face outstanding warrants in that country,[14][15][16][17] including new terrorism charges.[18]

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. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
  2. ^ "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (ordered and consolidated version)". Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, from DoD data. Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhumanrights.ucdavis.edu%2Fresources%2Flibrary%2Fdocuments-and-reports%2Fgtmo_heightsweights.pdf&date=2009-12-21. 
  3. ^ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
  4. ^ "Adel Ben Mabrouk – The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/148-adil-mabrouk-bin-hamida. Retrieved 24 January 2010. 
  5. ^ OARDEC, Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005, September 4, 2007
  6. ^ OARDEC (8 October 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Boughanmi, Adel Ben Mabrouk Bin Hamida". United States Department of Defense. pp. ages 46–47. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000101-000200.pdf#46. Retrieved 2007-12-04. 
  7. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Adil Mabrouk Bin Hamida's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 48-58
  8. ^ OARDEC (8 October 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- name redacted". United States Department of Defense. pp. 176–177. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_mar05.pdf#176. 
  9. ^ The three words, "A Tunisian national" were redacted in the version released in March 2005.
  10. ^ The phrase "sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in Tunisia" was redacted in the version released in March 2005.
  11. ^ "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 212 -- Orders that all petitioners other than the following are DISMISSED without prejudice from Civil Action Number 05-2386". United States Department of Justice. 2008-07-29. http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/212/0.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-13. 
  12. ^ OARDEC (20 July 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Bin Hamida, Adil Mabrouk". United States Department of Defense. pp. ages 65–68. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000099-000196.pdf#65. Retrieved 2007-12-04. 
  13. ^ OARDEC (25 April 2006). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Bin Hamida, Adil Mabrouk". United States Department of Defense. pp. ages 14–17. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_200-298.pdf#14. Retrieved 2007-12-04. 
  14. ^ "Algerian transferred from Guantanamo to France: lawyer". Agence France-Presse. 2009-11-30. Archived from the original on 2009-12-02. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5gmG5QgvT7-GmkSoLztKVMcH-27RA&date=2009-12-02. 
  15. ^ "US transfers Guantanamo inmates". Agence France-Presse. 2009-11-30. Archived from the original on 2009-12-02. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5jJYybTgoefN6RX_Npc-G3qsnrRfQ&date=2009-12-02. 
  16. ^ "Italy: 2 Guantánamo Detainees Arrive for Trial on Terror Charges". New York Times. 2009-11-30. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/world/europe/01briefs-Italybrf.html. Retrieved 2009-12-02. 
  17. ^ Peter Finn, Julie Tate (2009-12-01). "4 from Guantanamo are sent to Europe". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2009-12-02. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F11%2F30%2FAR2009113002950.html&date=2009-12-02. 
  18. ^ Thomas Joscelyn (2009-12-23). "The Real Gitmo". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 2009-12-23. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fs%2Fweeklystandard%2F20091221%2Fcm_weeklystandard%2Ftherealgitmo&date=2009-12-23. 

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