Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali
Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali is a citizen of Sudan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 81. He was born on June 6, 1974, in Donkhallah, Sudan.
Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali was captured in Afghanistan and transferred to Sudan on April 30, 2008.[2]
Contents
Combatant Status Review
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:[3]
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First annual Administrative Review Board
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 7 March 2005.[4] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
The following primary factors favor continued detention
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The following primary factors favor release or transfer
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Transcript
In the Spring of 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a six page Summarized transcript from his Administrative Review Board.[5][6]
Second annual Administrative Review Board
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 24 February 2006.[7] The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
Transcript
In September 2007 the Department of Defense published the transcripts from the few captives who attended their second annual Administrative Review Board hearings in 2006. Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali attended his hearing and a fourteen page summarized transcript was published.[8]
Responses to the Summary of Evidence memo
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Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali's Assisting Military Officer helped him draft a statement in response to the Summary of Evidence memo. Usually written responses like this were read aloud, and the captive was encouraged to add extemporaneous comments. Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali's statement was not read aloud. He was not provided an opportunity to expand on the responses it contained.
Repatriation
A Sudanese captive identified as "Walid Ali", two other Sudanese, a Moroccan, and five Afghan captives were repatriated to the custody of their home countries on May 1, 2008.[9][10] The identity of the five Afghan repatriates was not made public. The other two Sudanese men were Sami Al Hajj, Yacoub al-Amir.[11] The Sudanese captive was Saïd Boujaâdia. Amnesty International reports that the nine repatriates were the first captives to be repatriated in 2008.
The three men gave a press conference in Sudan, upon their arrival.[12] Walid Ali and Yaboub al-Amir reported they were hooded, and shackled into their seats, during the flight home.[13]
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. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ↑ "Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad Ali - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/81-walid-mohammad-haj-mohammad-ali.
- ↑ OARDEC (27 September 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Ali, Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 2–3. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000101-000200.pdf#2. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ↑ OARDEC (7 March 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ali, Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 55–57. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Reading_Room/Detainee_Related/ARB_Round_1_Factors_001161-001234.pdf#55-57. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ↑ OARDEC (date redacted). "Summarized Administrative Review Board Detainee Statement". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 42–47. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Transcript_Set_3_769-943_FINAL.pdf#42. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ↑ "US releases Guantanamo files". Melbourne: The Age. April 4, 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-11-25. http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-Guantanamo-files/2006/04/04/1143916500334.html. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- ↑ OARDEC (24 Februaryuray 2006). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Ali, Walid Mohammad Haj Mohammad". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 60–63. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_100-199.pdf#60. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ↑ OARDEC (March 1, 2006). "Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 081". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 69–82. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Transcript_2000-2099.pdf#69. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ↑ James Oliphant (May 2, 2008). "U.S. releases nine from Guantanamo". Chicago Tribune. http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/us_releases_9_from_guantanamo.html. Retrieved 2008-06-02. "A fourth detainee, Saïd Boujaâdia, was returned to Morocco, where he is reported to have been taken into custody by the judicial police in Casablanca, Amnesty International said." mirror
- ↑ "Sami al-Hajj hits out at US captors". Al Jazeera. May 2, 2008. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/04F88FBD-BFA5-42D9-A9C4-D8E0979C79D6.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-02. mirror
- ↑ "Amnesty International Urges the Bush Administration to Release or Provide Fair Trials to All Remaining Guantanamo Detainees". AmnestyInternational. May 2, 2008. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-02-2008/0004805365&EDATE=. Retrieved 2008-05-02. mirror
- ↑ "Walid Ali, left, and Amir Yacoub al-Amir, right". Daylife. 2008-05-02. Archived from the original on 2009-12-13. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.daylife.com%2Fphoto%2F089k2fB8Mr5V4&date=2009-12-13.
- ↑ "Sami al-Hajj hits out at US captors". Al Jazeera. 2008-05-31. Archived from the original on 2009-12-13. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.aljazeera.net%2Fnews%2Fafrica%2F2008%2F05%2F20086150155542220.html&date=2009-12-13.
External links
- Who are the prisoners released from Guantánamo with Sami al-Haj? Andy Worthington