| Issa Ali Abdullah al Murbati | |
| Id Number: | 52 |
| Charge: | No charge (held in extrajudicial detention) |
| Status: | Repatriated |
Issa Ali Abdullah al Murbati is a citizen of Bahrain who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] [2] Al Murbati's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 52.[1] American counter-terrorism analysts estimate he was born in 1965, in Manama, Bahrain.
While held at Kandahar Airfield, al-Murbati and Moazzam Begg began playing chess on a board the International Red Cross had brought for the detainees.[3]
Al Murbati participated in the hunger strikes of 2005.[4] [5]
The allegations against Al Murbati, from the Summary of Evidence memo, prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, were:[6]
Al Murbati is one of the sixteen Guantanamo captives whose amalgamated habeas corpus submissions were heard byUS District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton, on January 31, 2007.[7]
Al Murbati has been represented by Joshua Colangelo-Bryan and Clive Stafford Smith.A campaign to free him is being led by Bahraini MP Mohammed Khalid.
Al Murbati was released during August 2007. He was the last Bahraini to be released.On Thursday, August 23, 2007, the Gulf Daily News reported that Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammed Khalid had called for the Bahrain government to provide financial compensation to the released men.[8]