French detainees at Guantanamo Bay
The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding seven French detainees in Guantanamo.[1] A total of 778 detainees 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 detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of January 2015, 122 detainees remain at Guantanamo.[2]
The last French citizens were repatriated in March 2005.[3] Six of the men faced charges in France upon repatriation.[4] Five of the men were convicted. Their convictions were overturned, on appeal, in February 2009. On February 17, 2010, the Court of Cassation, a higher court, ordered a re-trial.
French detainees in Guantanamo
isn | name | notes |
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161 | Mourad Benchellali |
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164 | Imad Achab Kanouni | |
173 | Ridouane Khalid | |
236 | Khaled ben Mustafa | |
325 | Nizar Sassi | |
371 | Brahim Yadel | |
649 |
Mustaq Ali Patel |
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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" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ↑ Brennan, Margaret (2015-01-14). "5 more detainees transferred from Guantanamo". CBS News. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
- ↑ "Last of French Prisoners Return to France from Guantanamo". Voice of America. 2005-03-08. Archived from the original on 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ↑ Nicolas Vaux-Montagny (2010-02-17). "France orders 5 former Gitmo inmates back to court". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 "Paris Court Acquits Former Guantanamo Detainees". Huffington Post. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ↑ Anne Schumacher. "Nizar Sassi : Prisonnier 325, Camp Delta, Guantanamo". Voltair net. Retrieved 2008-07-22. babel translation
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 OARDEC (3 December 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Patel, Mustaq Ali (Al Akram, Muhammad Ibn Ismail)". United States Department of Defense. p. 15. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ↑ "Detainees Found to No Longer Meet the Definition of "Enemy Combatant" during Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. November 19, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
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