Abdul Majid Muhammed Explained

Abdul Majid Muhammed
Birth Place:Zahedan, Iran
Detained At:Guantanamo
Id Number:555
Charge:No charge (held in extrajudicial detention)
Status:Released

Abdul Majid Muhammed (Persian: عبدالمجید محمد) is a citizen of Iran who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.[1]

His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 555. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate he was born in 1978, in Zahedan, Iran.

Abdul Majid Muhammed was captured in Afghanistan and was transferred to Iran on October 11, 2006.[2]

Press reports

The Guardian reported on March 15, 2006, that Muhammad was accused of serving as a night watchman for the Taliban.[3]

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Initially, the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the United States could not evade its obligation to conduct a competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

Subsequently, the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants—rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdul Majid Muhammed's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on 3 December 2004.[4]

Transcript

Muhammed chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[5]

His Tribunal was convened on December 10, 2004.[6]

Tribunal documents

Lieutenant Commander Peter C. Bradford, one of the officers from the Judge Advocate General's Corps tasked to serve as a legal advisor to the CSR Tribunals, wrote a Legal Sufficiency Review, dated February 5, 2005.[7]

His status was considered by the 12th panel of officers sitting on Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[8]

The president of his tribunal was a colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. The JAG officer was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. The third member was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force.

Conclusions

Abdul Majid Mujahid' CSR Tribunal concluded that he had been properly determined to have been an enemy combatant:[6]

Abdul Majid Muhammed v. George W. Bush

A writ of habeas corpus was submitted on Abdul Majid Muhammed's behalf. The Department of Defense released a 32-page dossier of unclassified documents from his CSR Tribunal.[9]

A declaration from Commander Teresa M. Palmer, one of the officers from the Judge Advocate General's Corps tasked to serve as a legal advisor to the CSR Tribunals, was dated August 15, 2005.[9]

Administrative Review Board hearing

Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review Board hearings.[10]

The Administrative Review Boards were not authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they were not authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant".

They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States because they continued to pose a threat—or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free.

Summary of Evidence memo

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdul Majid Muhammed's Administrative Review Board on 12 August 2005.[11]

The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following factors favor continued detention

The following factors favor the release of transfer

Transcript

Muhammed chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.[12]

In the Spring of 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff, the Department of Defense published an eight-page summarized transcript from his Administrative Review Board.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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. May 15, 2006. September 29, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184034/http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. 30 September 2007. dead.
  2. News: Abdul Majid Muhammed - The Guantánamo Docket. New York Times. 18 May 2021 .
  3. Web site: Sketches of Guantanamo Detainees-Part II. The Guardian. March 15, 2006.
  4. Web site: [{{DoD detainees ARB|000400-000499.pdf#74}} Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Muhammed, Abdul Majid]. 3 December 2004. OARDEC. 74. United States Department of Defense. November 6, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071203003522/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000400-000499.pdf. 3 December 2007. live.
  5. Web site: Summarized Statement. December 10, 2004. 107–121. OARDEC. OARDEC. United States Department of Defense. March 28, 2008. November 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161105133740/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Reading_Room/Detainee_Related/Set_31_2145-2265.pdf#107. dead.
  6. Web site: [{{DoD detainees ARB|publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2737-2868.pdf#75}} Combatant Status Review Tribunal decision report cover sheet]. United States Department of Defense. Tribunal President (CSRT) Colonel redacted, USMCR. 75. November 6, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071203004613/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2737-2868.pdf. 3 December 2007. live.
  7. Web site: [{{DoD detainees ARB|publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2737-2868.pdf#71}} Legal Sufficiency Review of Combatant Status Review Tribunal for detainee ISN 555]. Lieutenant Commander Peter C. Bradford. OARDEC. October 4, 2004. 71–72. November 6, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071203004613/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2737-2868.pdf. 3 December 2007. live.
  8. Web site: [{{DoD detainees ARB|publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2737-2868.pdf#71}} Appointment of Combatant Status Review Tribunal 12]. Rear Admiral J.C McGarrah. OARDEC. 29 September 2004. 73. November 6, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071203004613/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2737-2868.pdf. 3 December 2007. live.
  9. Web site: [{{DoD detainees ARB|publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2737-2868.pdf#68}} Abdul Majid Muhammed v. George W. Bush]. United States Department of Defense. 16 August 2005. 68–98. November 6, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071203004613/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2737-2868.pdf. 3 December 2007. live.
  10. News: OARDEC provides recommendations to Deputy Secretary of Defense. JTF Guantanamo Public Affairs. Army Sgt. Sarah Stannard. October 29, 2007. March 26, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100520124040/http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/storyarchive/2007/October/102907-2-oardec.html. May 20, 2010.
  11. Web site: [{{DoD detainees ARB|ARB_Round_1_Factors_000495-000594.pdf#6}} Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Mujahid, Abdul Majid]. 12 August 2005. OARDEC. 6–7. United States Department of Defense. November 6, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071203003551/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000495-000594.pdf. 3 December 2007. live.
  12. Web site: [{{DoD detainees ARB|ARB_Transcript_Set_7_20497-20750.pdf#90}} Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 555]. OARDEC. 90–97. United States Department of Defense . 2008-03-28 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150627102844/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Reading_Room/Detainee_Related/ARB_Transcript_Set_7_20497-20750.pdf. 2015-06-27.
  13. News: US releases Guantanamo files. The Age. April 4, 2006. March 15, 2008.