Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani Explained

Abdul Rahim Ghulam Rabbani
Birth Date:[1] [2]
Date Of Arrest:September 2002
Id Number:1460
Alias:Abu Rahim Moulana Gulam Rabbani
Status:Released

Abdul Rahim Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[3] [4]

American Intelligence analysts estimated that Rabbani was born in 1967.

Abdul Rahim Ghulam Rabbani arrived at Guantanamo on September 19, 2004, and was held at Guantanamo for over 18 years, until his release on February 23, 2023.[5] [6] [4]

Detention in "the salt pit"

According to Laid Saidi, Rabbani, and his brother, Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani, were being held in the CIA black site known as "the salt pit" at the same time as him. He was born in a Pakistani family that migrated from India to Karachi following the partition in 1947. The family lived in Saudi Arabia for many years.[7]

Official status reviews

Originally, the Bush Presidency asserted that captives apprehended in the "war on terror" were not protected by the Geneva Conventions, and could be held indefinitely, without explanation.However, in 2004, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Rasul v. Bush, that the captives were entitled to hear the allegations that justified their detention, and to try to refute those allegations.

Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants

In 2004, in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush, the Department of Defense set up the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants. Documents from those reviews were published in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.

Scholars at the Brookings Institution, led by Benjamin Wittes, listed the captives stillheld in Guantanamo in December 2008, according to whether their detention was justified by certaincommon allegations:[8]

Habeas petition

A habeas submission was submitted on his behalf to US District Court Judge Ricardo M. Urbina.[9] In response, on December 13, 2005, the Department of Defense published a fourteen-page dossier of unclassified documents arising from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

His Summary of Evidence memo was drafted on November 10, 2004.[9]

The documents indicate a USAF Major, his Personal Representative, recorded on the detainee election form that they metfor half an hour on 17 November 2004 to discuss his upcoming Tribunal.[9] His Personal Representative's notes state he chose not to attend his Tribunal.

Tribunal panel 21 convened 23 November 2004 and confirmed his "enemy combatant status".The decision memo drafted by the Tribunal states it reached this conclusion based on classified evidence.[9] Unusually this Tribunal was not convened in Guantanamo, and the Personal Representative who met with him was not present. The Department of Defense has not offered an explanation as to why this Tribunal was not convened in Guantanamo.

His name is spelled both as "Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani" and "Abu Rahim Moulana Gulam Rabbani" in the document.[9]

Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment

On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts.[10] [11] [12] His assessment was twelve pages long, and recommended his continued detention.[13] It was signed by camp commandant David M. Thomas Jr. and was dated June 8, 2008.

Joint Review Task Force

When he assumed office in January 2009 President Barack Obama made a number of promises about the future of Guantanamo.[14] [15] [16] He promised the use of torture would cease at the camp. He promised to institute a new review system. That new review system was composed of officials from six departments, where the OARDEC reviews were conducted entirely by the Department of Defense. When it reported back, a year later, the Joint Review Task Force classified some individuals as too dangerous to be transferred from Guantanamo, even though there was no evidence to justify laying charges against them. On April 9, 2013, that document was made public after a Freedom of Information Act request.[17] Abdul Rahim Ghulam Rabbani was one of the 71 individuals deemed too innocent to charge, but too dangerous to release.Although Obama promised that those deemed too innocent to charge, but too dangerous to release would start to receive reviews from a Periodic Review Board less than a quarter of men have received a review. Rabbani was approved for transfer on May 13, 2021.[18]

Hunger strike

Rabbani and his brother participated in the hunger strike that started on August 8, 2005.[19]

Release

Rabbani and his brother were transferred to Pakistan on February 23, 2023.[20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JTF- GTMO Detainee Assessment. 2008-06-09. US Department of Defense.
  2. Web site: GUANTANAMO DETAINEE PROFILE Detainee ISN: PK-1460. Periodic Review Secretariat. https://web.archive.org/web/20161223095949/https://www.prs.mil/Portals/60/Documents/ISN1460/20160321_U_ISN_1460_GOVERNMENTS_UNCLASSIFIED_SUMMARY_PUBLIC.pdf. 2016-12-23. 2016-03-21.
  3. Web site: List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. OARDEC. OARDEC. United States Department of Defense. 2006-05-15. 2007-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184034/http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. 30 September 2007 . live.
  4. Web site: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced . 2023-03-10 . defense.gov . en.
  5. Web site: Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (ordered and consolidated version). Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, from DoD data. https://web.archive.org/web/20100613004352/http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/resources/library/documents-and-reports/gtmo_heightsweights.pdf. live. 2010-06-13.
  6. News: Guantanamo Docket: Abdul Rabbani Abd al Rahim Abu Rahman . New York Times. Margot Williams. Margot Williams. 2008-11-03.
  7. News: Will the PM fight for Pakistanis in Guantanamo?. Express Tribune. 16 February 2015. 17 February 2015. Mirza Shahzad. Akbar.
  8. News: The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study. The Brookings Institution. 2008-12-16. Benjamin Wittes. Benjamin Wittes. Zaathira Wyne. 2010-02-16. Al Sani said he traveled to Afghanistan shortly before September 11 and trained on a Kalashnikov. "I felt it was important in coming of age," he said. "I went to Afghanistan for weapons training, not to fight anyone.". 2013-06-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20130601150504/http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2008/12/16%20detainees%20wittes/1216_detainees_wittes.pdf. bot: unknown.
  9. Web site: Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani v. George W. Bush -- Civil Action No. 05-1607 (RMU). 55–67. United States Department of Defense. 2005-12-13. 2008-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20080807195447/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_4738-4817.pdf. 7 August 2008 . live.
  10. News: WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed -- Guantanamo Bay has been used to incarcerate dozens of terrorists who have admitted plotting terrifying attacks against the West – while imprisoning more than 150 totally innocent people, top-secret files disclose. The Telegraph (UK). 2011-04-27. 2012-07-13. Christopher Hope. Robert Winnett. Holly Watt. Heidi Blake. 2012-07-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20120715015806/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html. live . The Daily Telegraph, along with other newspapers including The Washington Post, today exposes America’s own analysis of almost ten years of controversial interrogations on the world’s most dangerous terrorists. This newspaper has been shown thousands of pages of top-secret files obtained by the WikiLeaks website..
  11. News: WikiLeaks: The Guantánamo files database. The Telegraph (UK). 2011-04-27. 2012-07-10.
  12. News: Guantanamo Bay detainee file on Abdul Rahim Ghulam Rabbani, US9PK-001460DP, passed to the Telegraph by Wikileaks. The Telegraph (UK). 2011-04-27. 2012-07-14.
  13. News: Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN US9PK001460DP . . David M. Thomas Jr. . David M. Thomas Jr. . 2008-06-08 . 2012-07-14 . 2013-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130509105408/http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2011/04/27/20/us9pk-001460dp.source.prod_affiliate.91.pdf . dead.
  14. News: Justice task force recommends about 50 Guantanamo detainees be held indefinitely. Peter Finn. Washington Post. January 22, 2010. July 21, 2010. 2015-05-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504225142/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012104936.html. live .
  15. News: Most Guantanamo detainees low-level fighters, task force report says. Peter Finn. Washington Post. May 29, 2010. July 21, 2010. 2015-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150510052105/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052803873.html. live .
  16. Web site: Andy Worthington. Does Obama Really Know or Care About Who Is at Guantánamo?. June 11, 2010. July 21, 2010. 2010-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20100616161842/http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/06/11/does-obama-really-know-or-care-about-who-is-at-guantanamo. live .
  17. News: 71 Guantanamo Detainees Determined Eligible to Receive a Periodic Review Board as of April 19, 2013. Joint Review Task Force. 2013-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150519230955/https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1020057-guantanamo-parole-list.html. 2015-05-19. 2015-05-18. live .
  18. Web site: Unclassified Summary of Final Determination. 2021-01-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210722164421/https://www.prs.mil/Portals/60/Documents/ISN1460/SubsequentFullReview2/210513_CUI_ISN1460_SH2_FINAL_DETERMINATION_U_PR.pdf. 2021-07-22. Periodic Review Secretariat.
  19. http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_3203612 "Justice detained at Guantanamo?"
  20. News: Rosenberg . Carol . 2023-02-23 . U.S. Sends Home Brothers Held for Nearly 20 Years at Guantánamo Bay . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-02-25 . 0362-4331.

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