Sufyian Barhoumi
Sufyian Barhoumi is a citizen of Algeria held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] He was one of a dozen captives captured in what is usually called an "al Qaeda safehouse in Faisalabad".
2005 war crimes charges
He was one of the ten captives who faced charges before the first, Presidentially authorized Guantanamo Military Commissions, facing those charges in November 2005.[2][3][4] Those charges were stayed following the United States Supreme Court ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in 2006.
2008 war crimes charges
He faced charges again under the authority of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.He faced charges again, under the authority of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.[5][6] Those charges were dropped when Prosecutor Darrel Vandeveld blew the whistle on corruption within the Prosecutor's office.
2012 war crimes charges
He faced charges again under the authority of the Military Commissions Act of 2009.[7]
References
- ↑ "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 2006-05-15.
- ↑ "Military Commission Charges Approved". Global Security. 2005-11-05. http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2005/11/sec-051107-dod01.htm. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ↑ "US seeks death penalty for Guantanamo detainees". The Age. 2006-04-25. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fus-seeks-death-penalty-for-guantanamo-detainees%2F2006%2F04%2F25%2F1145861317165.html&date=2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-04. "Sufyian Barhoumi, an Algerian charged with plotting attacks against US troops in Afghanistan, was moved last month from a communal living unit to the maximum-security Camp Five, where he was allowed outside his cell for two hours a day and has no communication with other detainees, said Army Captain Wade Faulkner, his military lawyer."
- ↑ "U. S. Military Commissions to Resume This Week at Guantanamo". Black Anthem. 2006-04-25. http://www.blackanthem.com/World/military_2006042505.html. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ↑ "U.S. drops charges against 5 Guantanamo captives". Reuters. 2008-10-21. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fin.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2008%2F10%2F21%2FidINIndia-36080620081021&date=2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-04. "The Pentagon appointee overseeing the Guantanamo tribunals, Susan Crawford, dropped all charges against Mohammed, Saudi Arabian captives Jabran al Qahtani and Ghassan al Sharbi, Algerian prisoner Sufyian Barhoumi, and Sudanese captive Noor Uthman Muhammed, the Defense Department said in a statement."
- ↑ "Alleged al-Qaida bomb instructor testifies". Dominica Today. 2006-04-27. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dominicantoday.com%2Fdr%2Fworld%2F2006%2F4%2F27%2F12850%2FAlleged-al-Qaida-bomb-instructor-testifies&date=2012-09-04. "Sufyian Barhoumi, who lost four fingers and damaged his thumb in a land mine explosion in Afghanistan, said he struggles to use the sink and toilet in the prison's Camp Five. He also said air conditioning and the loss of outdoor recreation time has worsened the pain in his hand."
- ↑ Charlie Savage (2012-03-26). "Delays Keep Former Qaeda Child Soldier at Guantánamo, Despite Plea Deal". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F03%2F25%2Fus%2Fdelays-keep-omar-khadr-at-guantanamo-despite-plea-deal.html%3F_r%3D1&date=2012-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-04. "Among the low-level detainees who have hesitated is Sufyian Barhoumi, an Algerian who was arrested at a Qaeda-linked guesthouse in Pakistan in 2002 during the raid that also netted Abu Zubaydah, who is accused of being an important terrorist facilitator."
