| Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 10, 1981 Zandeer, Niger |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| Alternate name | Mohammad al-Amin |
| ISN | 706 |
| Status | Repatriated |
Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad (Arabic: محمد لمين سيدي محمد) is a joint citizen of Mauritania and Niger, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]
The Department of Defense reports that he was born on September 10, 1981, in Zandeer, Niger.
Amnesty International reports he was captured in Pakistan in April 2002.[2] They report he was 17 or 18 years old when he was captured. By their account he was captured in Peshawar, Pakistan; spent time in Bagram, where brutal interrogations forced a false confession from him. They report he was sexually abused in Bagram, and hung from the ceiling by his arms for days at a time. He said a guard would shake him awake every time he slumped. Amnesty says that months of abuse broke his will, and he agreed to false confessions.
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Mohammad said he left Mauritania when he was seventeen years old, to travel to Saudi Arabia for religious study.[3] He then traveled to Pakistan, for further religious study. He said he was arrested as part of a general sweep of foreigners in Peshawar, in April 2001. He claims he was first tortured in Pakistani custody, by interrogators who wanted him to confess to being a Saudi citizen. He reports he was then sold to the USA for a bounty, and held in Bagram, where he was tortured by sleep deprivation, beatings, and being made to stand with his hands bound above his head. He was transferred to Guantanamo in August 2002, and reports he was subjected to abusive interrogation there too.
A writ of habeas corpus, Mohammad Lameen Sid Mohammad v. George W. Bush, was submitted on his behalf.[4] In response, on 8 September 2006, the Department of Defense released 22 pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Mohammad was transferred to Mauritania on September 26, 2007.[5]
Mohammad was released from Mauritanian custody after several days of debriefing.[6]
Mohammad described being physically and mentally abused, in Guantanamo.[6] He described witnessing guards urinating on the Koran.
Mohammad said he was one of the captive who responded to the Koran desecration by going on a hunger strike.[6] Mohammad described being force-fed during the hunger strike.
"Other prisoners, simple innocent Muslims were also tortured, humiliated in their beliefs and their human dignity," AFP news agency quotes him as saying about his experiences."