List of Palestinian detainees at Guantanamo Bay explained

The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding three Palestinian detainees in Guantanamo.[1] A total of 778 detainees have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002. The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only twenty new detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush.

name arrival
date 		transfer
date> 		notes
2002-01-20 2010-02-24 transferred to Spain.[2]
2002-06-14 2009-11-30 transferred to Hungary.
2002-06-18 2014-12-07 transferred to Uruguay.
2002-08-05 2004-03-31
  • The New York Times reports he was transferred to "an undetermined country".[3]
2006-09-06
  • "High-value detainee" tortured by the CIA in a secret prison in Thailand before he was sent to Guantanamo.

Cageprisoners states a fourth individual, named Hussein Azzam, is a former detainee at Guantanamo.[4]

On September 16, 2009 Hungary agreed to accept the transfer of a Guantanamo detainee from Palestine.[5]

On February 24, 2010, Spain accepted the transfer of an individual Guantanamo detainee from Palestine.[6] The former detainee will be free to live and work in Spain, and to travel freely within Spain, but he will not be allowed to travel from Spain to other countries.[7] To preserve the detainee's privacy Spanish authorities did not make his name public.According to Press reports relatives have confirmed that Walid Hijazi, a man from the Gaza strip, is the newly released Palestinian.[8]

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 Docket: Assem Matruq Mohammad al Aasmi . New York Times. Margot Williams. Margot Williams. 2008-11-03. 2013-06-20.
  3. News: Guantanamo Docket: Abdul Qadir Yousef Hussein. New York Times. Margot Williams. Margot Williams. 2008-11-03. 2013-06-20.
  4. News: Hussein Azzam . . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://archive.today/20090228215403/http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=553 . February 28, 2009 .
  5. News: Guantanamo inmate to settle in Hungary . 2009-09-17 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220618055007/http://news.scotsman.com/world/Guantanamo-inmate-to-settle-in.5654326.jp . 2022-06-18 . dead.
  6. 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. .
  7. News: Spain takes in first of five Guantanamo detainees . . 2010-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100301024551/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5281586,00.html . 2010-03-01 . dead.
  8. 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.

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