List of Egyptian detainees at Guantanamo Bay explained

The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding eight Egyptian detainees at Guantanamo Bay.[1] A total of 780 captives have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new captives, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of February 24, 2010, the camp population stood at 188.[2]

On February 24, 2010, Carol Rosenberg, of the Miami Herald, reported that Albania accepted the transfer of three former captives, an Egyptian, Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad, and Saleh Bin Hadi Asasi and Rauf Omar Mohammad Abu al Qusin, a Tunisian and a Libyan.[2] [3] [4] The men will not be allowed to leave Albania.

isn name arrival
date 		departure
date 		notes
190 2002-05-01 2012-02-25
  • Reportedly, harsh conditions in Guantanamo have left him with slurred speech.
287 2002-02-11 2005-09-30
  • Became a paraplegic in Guantanamo—reports it was due to an unprovoked beating in the prison hospital.[5]
  • Left Egypt after criticizing its government for being anti-democratic, when his passport expired the only place left for him to live was Afghanistan.
  • Three writs of habeas corpus were submitted on his behalf—but none of them were published when the Department of Defense published 179 other habeas petitions.[6]
  • Determined not to have been an enemy combatant, after all.
  • According to the official list of release dates he left Guantanamo on September 30, 2005.
369 2002-01-20 2010-01
535 2002-05-05 2016-01-26
661 2002-05-03 2005-01-17
  • An Australian who was born in Egypt.
  • Spent several years in Egyptian custody, where he reports he was tortured.
  • He was transferred to Australia on January 27, 2005.[11]
663 2002-06-07 2003-07-01
  • According to the BBC he was still in Guantanamo on November 19, 2004—four months into the CSR Tribunal process.[12] But there is no record that a Tribunal was convened for him.
  • On March 28, 2008 the Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reported that Fael had been transferred from Guantanamo "three years earlier", but that they had been unable to find out any reliable information about what happened to him after his transfer.[13]
  • On November 26, 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of the dates when captives departed from Guantanamo.[14] According to that list he was repatriated on July 1, 2003.
716 2002-08-05 2006-11-17
  • Determined not to have been an enemy combatants after all.[15]
  • Released to Albania, on January 7, 2007, where he has applied for asylum.[16]
  • According to the official list of release dates he left Guantanamo on November 17, 2006.

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. 2007-09-29.
  2. News: Guantanamo four arrive in Europe . BBC News. 2010-02-24. 2010-02-24. A Tunisian, Egyptian and Libyan were sent to Albania, while a Palestinian was sent to Spain. The Palestinian is the first of five inmates that Spain has agreed to take. Albania has taken eight detainees. .
  3. News: Judge OKs detention of 2 men Bush panel cleared . . 2010-02-24 . Carol Rosenberg . Carol Rosenberg . https://archive.today/20100225141939/http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/24/1498532/judge-upholds-detention-of-2-men.html . 2010-02-25 . dead.
  4. News: Four Guantanamo Bay detainees arrive in Albania and Spain . Digital Journal . 2010-02-24 . Chris Wade . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821093150/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/288075 . 2010-08-21 . dead.
  5. Web site: [{{DoD detainees ARB|Set_18_1463-1560.pdf#1}} Summarized Statement ]. 1–7. OARDEC. OARDEC. United States Department of Defense. 2008-04-25.
  6. News: Exhibit C: List of No Longer Enemy Combant Detainees With Pending Habeas Corpus Petitions Who Have Been Released From United States Custody. 64. United States Department of Justice. April 17, 2007. 2008-05-05. 2009-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20090327090515/http://www.pegc.us/archive/In_re_Gitmo/gov_mot_to_dismiss_20070419.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Algazzar, Adel Fattough Ali . 20 September 2004 . 91–92 . OARDEC . OARDEC . . 2008-05-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080313135951/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000300-000399.pdf#91 . 13 March 2008.
  8. News: Ex-Guantanamo detainee goes home - and gets locked up again. The Washington Post . 2011-06-16 . Peter . Finn .
  9. Web site: Adel Fattough Al Algazzar v. George W. Bush. 49–76. United States Department of Defense. 2008-05-26. 2008-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20080510103638/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_2301-2401.pdf#49. dead.
  10. News: Summarized Transcript . 82–92 . . OARDEC . OARDEC . 2008-05-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080726025812/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_44_2922-3064.pdf#82 . 2008-07-26.
  11. News: Guantanamo Docket: Mamdouh Ibrahim Ahmed Habib. New York Times. Margot Williams. Margot Williams. 2008-11-03. June 19, 2013.
  12. News: Egypt wants Guantanamo releases. BBC News. 2004-11-19. 2008-05-26.
  13. News: Lost behind bars . . Gihan Shahine . Gihan Shahine . 2008-03-28 . 2008-05-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528085316/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/889/focus.htm . 2008-05-28.
  14. News: Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased . . OARDEC . OARDEC . 2008-10-09 . 2008-12-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081227004519/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf . 2008-12-27 .
  15. News: Detainees Found to No Longer Meet the Definition of "Enemy Combatant" during Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo. United States Department of Defense. November 19, 2007. 2008-04-15. 2018-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215115511/http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2008/03/27/20/NLEC_DetaineeList.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf. dead.
  16. News: Egypt: Human Rights Activist Identifies 2 Former Egyptian Guantanamo Detainees. January 6, 2007. Essam Fadl. Asharq Alawsat. 2007-01-07. 2007-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001311/http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=7564. dead.

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