Deleted:Imad Achab Kanouni
Imad Achab Kanouni is a French citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] Kanouni was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and transferred to France on July 26, 2004.[2][3] Under French law, detainees like Kanouni can be held, for up to three years, under the control of a judge.[4]
Kanouni was released from custody and put on a kind of parole[clarification needed] on July 9, 2005.[5] He and five other French former Guantanamo detainees were charged on April 26, 2006.[6] Testifying in his own defense, on July 3, 2006, Kanouni told a French court that he had traveled to Afghanistan to pursue religious education, that he didn't agree with Osama Bin Laden, and never attended any military training camps. He did acknowledge: "I was ready to die for a good cause, defend people who were attacked in their countries"[7]
His Internment Serial Number at Guantanamo was 164.
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References
- ↑ Guantanamo inmates back in France, BBC, July 27, 2004
- ↑ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidate chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased". Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 16x16px Media related to File:Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased.pdf at Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ "Transfer of French Detainees Complete". US Department of Defense. 2004-07-27. Archived from the original on 2004-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20041031103938/http://www.defense.gov/releases/2004/nr20040727-1062.html. Retrieved 2014-02-28. "The Department of Defense announced today that it transferred four detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the control of the government of France.These detainees are French nationals."
- ↑ French Push Limits in Fight On Terrorism: Wide Prosecutorial Powers Draw Scant Public Dissent, Washington Post, November 2, 2004
- ↑ French court frees former Guantanamo detainee, The Jurist, July 9, 2005
- ↑ Former French Guantanamo detainees to face Paris trial, The Jurist, April 26, 2006
- ↑ Pierre-Antoine Souchard (2006-07-03). "6 Ex-Guantanamo Inmates on Trial in France". Paris, France: Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2006%2F07%2F03%2FAR2006070300442.html&date=2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-28. "Former detainee Imad Kanouni told the court he traveled to Afghanistan in 2001 to pursue religious education."
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