List of Guantanamo Bay detainees explained

^[1] ^[2] This list of Guantánamo prisoners has the known identities of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, but is compiled from various sources and is incomplete. In official documents, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) continues to make intermittent efforts to redact prisoner's names. they had not published an official list of detainees. On April 19, 2006, the DoD released a list with 558 names in what appears to be a fax or other scanned image.^[3] The Associated Press published the list in more accessible text form.^[4]

The Washington Post maintains a list of the prisoners known or suspected to have been held in Guantánamo Bay.^[5] On March 3, 2006 the DoD partially complied with a court order to release the names of the remaining Guantánamo detainees. The court order required the DoD to release the names of all the detainees.^[6] Initially, the DoD released only 317 names. On April 19, 2006, the DoD released a list with 558 names. Although Judge Jed Rakoff had already dismissed this argument, Pentagon spokesmen Bryan Whitman justified withholding the names out of a concern for the detainees' privacy. On April 20, 2006, the DoD released a portable document format file that listed 558 names.^[3] The 558 individuals on the list were those whose detention had been reviewed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT). The list gave the detainee's ID number, their name, and their home country.

The names of several hundred prisoners who had been released prior to the commencement of the CSRTs were not released. The list did not specify whether the prisoners were still in detention at Guantanamo; whether they had been determined to be "enemy combatants"; whether they were released, or repatriated to the custody of their home countries. On May 15, 2006, the DOD released what they called a complete list of all 759 former and current inmates who had been held in military custody in the detainment camps after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action was filed by the Associated Press.^[7] ^[8] On June 17, 2013, the Miami Herald published a list, obtained using the Freedom of Information Act, of 48 prisoners who were designated for indefinite detainment.^[9] ^[10] On May 31, 2014, the Obama Administration was reported to have swapped 5 prisoners (Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Norullah Nori, Khairullah Khairkhwa, Mohammed Nabi and Mohammed Fazi) in return for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl who was captured after deserting his post.

On January 16, 2017, the Federal government of the United States announced that ten more prisoners were released to Oman, leaving about 45 detainees.^[11] ^[12] Of all prisoners at Guantanamo, Afghans were the largest group (29 percent), followed by Saudi Arabians (17 percent), Yemenis (15 percent), Pakistanis (9 percent), and Algerians (3 percent). Overall, 50 nationalities were present at Guantanamo.^[13]

List

779 detainees have been brought to Guantanamo. Although most of these have been released without charge, the United States government continues to classify many of these released detainees as "enemy combatants". As of January 5, 2017, 55 detainees remained at Guantanamo.^[14] By January 19, 2017, at the end of the Obama Administration, the detention center remained open with 41 detainees remaining.^[15]

CSRT is Combatant Status Review Tribunals.

Individuals with "SAMWL" are listed on the Saudi Arabian most wanted list, released in February 2009.

Details about seven deaths reported as suicides and reports of attempted suicides is at Guantanamo suicide attempts.

Name	Nationality	Captured	Notes
		Jan 2002	Last British resident held without charge or trial. Has been described as unofficial spokesman for the prisoners. Alleges that he has been tortured. Released Oct 2015.
Abasin, Said^[16]	Afghanistan		Kabul taxi driver who was proved innocent and released after over one year of detention.^[17]
	United Kingdom	—	Released Jan 2005
Abdallah Osama Alkhabiry			Committed suicide in the camp on September 8, 2012.^[18]
		—	Captured in Pakistan in May 2002 and was transferred to Somaliland on November 4, 2008.^[19]
	Denmark	—	Released Announced intention to 'return to the fight', believed to have subsequently died in Syria
Abdul Rahman, Wesam
	China	—	Ethnic Uyghur Went through CSRT
	China	—	Ethnic Uyghur Continued detention considered by CSRT
Abdullah, Abu
Abdullah, Ahmad
Abdullah, Noorudeen
Abdullah, Umar
	China	—	Ethnic Uyghur Went through CSRT
Abdulraheem, Othman
Abdulsalam, Reswan
	China	—	Ethnic Uyghur Went through CSRT
		—	Transferred to Tajikistan on October 31, 2008.^[20]
	China	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
	Afghanistan	2002	13^[21] to 14^[22] years old when he was captured Released on January 29, 2004^[23]
Ahmad, Ali		—	Released^[24]
Ahmad, Ejaz
	Spain	—	Repatriated to Spanish custody, tried, convicted, and released on appeal^[25] Ahmed's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees
Ahmad, Majid Mahmud Abdu		—
		—
		—	Died in custody on June 10, 2006
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Ahmed, Faluvi Abdullah
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Ahmed, Munir			Repatriated late 2004 Released June 28, 2005 Ahmed's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees
	United Kingdom	2001	Released March 2004 Alleges abuse
Ahmed, Sarfraz			Name appears as "Sarfaraz Ahmed" on the Washington Post list of detainees Repatriated late 2004 Released June 28, 2005 Ahmed's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees
Akhmyarov, Rustam	Russia	—	Repatriated to Russia in early 2004
Al Aasmi, Assem Matruq Mohammad
Al Adahi, Mohamed
Al Ajmi, Abdullah Saleh Ali		—	Repatriated on November 4, 2005 Killed himself in a suicide attack in Iraq in April 2008 in which seven others died^[26] ^[27]
			Reported to have been sexually abused, beaten, starved, sleep deprived^[28] Al Amin's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees
Al Anazi, Abdullah
Al Areeni, Khalid
Al Asadi, Mohamed Ahmed
Al Aseemi, Fahd Sultan Ubaid
Al Askari, Mohsin Ali
Al Asmar, Khalid
Al Assani, Fahmi Salem
Al Atabi, Buad Thif Allah
		—	Repatriated on November 4, 2005
Al Azraq, Majid Hamoud
Al Baasi, Mohsin Abdullah
Al Badaah, Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman
		—	Alleged to have made recruiting videos for al Qaeda One of the first four detainees to face charges before military commission^[29] Al Bahlul's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees

Al Baidhani, Abdulkhaliq
	Jordan, UK resident	—	Apprehended on a business trip to Gambia Released
Al Barakati, Khalid
		2001
Al Bidna, Sa Ad Ibraham Sa Ad

Al Busayss, Adil Said Al Haj Obeid
		—	Repatriated November 4, 2005
Al Daini, Omer Saeed
Al Darbi, Ahmed
Al Dhabbi, Khalid Mohamed Saleh
Al Dhabi, Salah Mohamed Saleh
		—	Hunger striker Reported to have attempted suicide during his lawyer's visit in October 2005 https://archive.today/20090605004001/http://www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2005/11/01/afx2311483.html
Al Fawzan, Fahd Fawzan
Al Fayfi, Jabir Jubran
Al Fouzan, Fahd
Al Ghaith, Abdurahman ba
Al Ghamdi, Abdur Rahman Uthman			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
Al Ghamdi, Khalaf Awad
Al Ghamdi, Saeed Farhah
Al Ghamdi, Zaid
Al Ghanimi, Abdullah Muhammad Salih
Al Habashi, Raafat
		—	Released in 2006.^[30]
	—	—	Suicide attempt left brain damage Repatriated to Saudi custody July 20, 2005, will be confined to care facility for the duration of his life
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Haj, Sarqawi
		2001	Cameraman for al Jazeera, only journalist held at Gitmo, hunger-striker Released May 1, 2008
	China	2001	Determined to be innocent Released in summer 2006.^[31]
Al Hamd, Adel Saleh
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Hami, Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud
Al Hamiri, Abdulah
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT

Al Harbi, Ibrahim Daifullah
		—	Went through CSRT
		—	Went through CSRT Alleged exonerating evidence and $12,000 he was carrying when captured went missing from the secure evidence room
Al Harbi, Tariq
	United Kingdom	—	Released March 2004

		September 19, 2002	Claims to have spent 18 months in extrajudicial CIA detention Claims to have been tortured during CIA detention
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Husayn, Zaid Muhamamd Sa Ad Al
Al Ilmi, Muhammad
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
		late 2001
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Jowfi, Rashid
Al Juaid, Rami Sad
Al Judaan, Hamood
Al Juhani, Badr
Al Juhdali, Ziyad
Al Jutayly, Fahd bin Salih bin Sulaiman			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
Al Kaabi, Jamil Ali
		late 2001	Another "20th hijacker"
		—	Main allegation is wearing a Casio F91W digital watch
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Kazimi, Ali Nasser
Al Khalaf, Asim
Al Khalaqi, Asim Thahit Abdullah	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Khalidi, Sulaiman
		—	Released November 5, 2005
Al Khowlani, Idrees
Al Kouri, Farouq Ahmed
		—	Ruled innocent Claims beating crippled him
Al Maaliki, Sad
Al Madhoni, Musaab
Al Mahdi, Ali Yahya Mahdi
Al Malki, Saed Khatem			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
		—	Hunger striker Brother of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Matari, Fahd Al Haimi
Al Matrafi, Abdul Aziz	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Morghi, Khalid Abdallah Abdel Rahman			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
Al Mosleh, Abdullah Hamid
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Muhajiri, Abdulmajeed
Al Muhammad, Mahmood
Al Mujahid, Mahmoud Abdulaziz
Al Muraqi, Khalid bin Abdullah
		—	Believed to be on hunger strike
			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006^[32]
Al Musa, Abdul Wahab
Al Mutairi, Khalid Abdullah Mishal
Al Mutayri, Nasir Najr Nasir Balud	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
		—	Released November 5, 2005
Al Nasir, Ibrahim Muhammad

		March 2002	Detained for wearing a Casio F91W digital watch Repatriated to Saudi Arabia June 12, 2009
Al Nukhailan, Naif
Al Nur, Anwar Hamdan
Al Nusairi, Adil Uqla Hasan			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
		Jan 2002	Claims to be a charity worker Filed suit to have feeding tube removed
Al Omar, Wasm Awad Al Wasm
Al Omari, Musa bin Ali bin Saeed
Al Otaiba, Bandar
Al-Otaibi, Nawwaf Fahd Humood^[33]		—	15 when captured Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
Al Owshan, Abdul Aziz Sad
Al Owshan, Saleh bin Abdullah
Al Owshan, Sulieman
Al Qaaid, Rashid
Al Qadasi, Khalid Massah
Al Qadasi, Walid
Al-Qahtani, Abdullah Hamid Mohammed			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
Al Qahtani, Jaber Hasan
		March 2002	Charged with conspiracy to murder on November 7, 2005
Al Qahtani, Khalid Mallah Shayi Al Jilba		—	Did not attend CSRT Did not attend CSRT ARB
Al Qahtani, Sad
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
		2001/10/21	15 when captured in Pakistan Dictated a statement for CSRT Said he was born in Saudi Arabia to parents who were citizens of Chad
		Dec 2001	Faces military commission
Al Qurashi, Muhammad Abdur-Rahman Abid
Al Quwari, Mahr Rafat^[34]			Transferred to Hungary
Al Rabahi, Abdullah Ameen
Al Rabeesh, Yusuf
		—	Allowed to undergo a lie detector test
Al Rahul, Ahmed Abdullah Rasan		Nov 2002	Born in Qatar to Maldivian immigrants. Qatar denied him citizenship in 1999 and he was rumored to have fled to Pakistan shortly after. Captured 70 km NE of Kandahar.
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Rahabi, Abdulmalik Abdulwahhab

		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Raimi, Ismail Ali
	Iraq, UK resident	—	Captured on a business trip to Gambia Released
Al-Razak, Hamid	Afghanistan		Court order issued on his behalf on December 1, 2006^[35] ^[36] ^[37] Al Razak's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
	Saudi Arabia	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
Al Salami, Ali Abdullah
Al Salami, Saleh Abdullah
Al Samh, Adil Abu
Al Sarim, Saeed Ahmed
Al Sebaii, Abdel Hadi Mohammed Badan			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
Al Sebaii, Mohammed bin Jaied Hadi			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
		—	Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
Al Shabani, Fahd Abdullah
Al Shahrani, Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman
al Shahri, Youssef		—	15 when captured
Al Shaibani, Bandar
Al Shamiri, Mustafa
		—	Repatriated November 4, 2005 to Kuwait
Al Shammari, Majid Afas Radi Al Tumi			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 11, 2005^[38]
Al Shammari, Zain
Al Shamri, Anwar Hamdan al Noor
Al Shaqoori, Usamah
Al Shaqoori, Yunus			Repatriated to Morocco on September 17, 2015.^[39] Represents the first repatriation approval by Deference Secretary Ashton B. Carter.
		March 2002	Charged with conspiracy to murder on November 7, 2005
Al Shareef, Fahd Umar
Al Shareef, Sultan
Al Sharikh, Abdul Hadi
Al Sharikh, Abdur Razaq
Al Shayban, Said Bezan Ashek			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
		—	15 when captured, but not sent to Camp Iguana
Al Shehri, Saeed Ali Jabir ale Khuthaim
Al Shehri, Salim
Al Shehri, Yusuf Muhammad
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT Entire CSRT dossier^[40] Al Shorabi's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees
			Detained for wearing a Casio F91W digital watch
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Siblie, Abdullah Yahya Yousuf
		—	Alleged to have attended both the Al Farouq and Tarnak Farms training camps
Al Suwaidi, Abdulaziz
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
	—	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Al Towlaqi, Fahmi
Al Umar, Ibrahim bin Umar
Al Umari, Musa Ali Said al Said			DoD's memo summarizing the factors for and against his continued detention^[41] Al Umari's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees
Al Unzi, Abdullah Thani Faris Al Sulami
Al Unzi, Khalid
Al Unzi, Rakan
Al Unzi, Sultan Sari Saail
Al Utaibi, Bajad bin Daifillah
Al Utaibi, Bandar
Al Utaibi, Muhammad Suroor
Al Utaibi, Naif Fahd Al Aseemi
		—	Committed suicide in cell on June 10, 2006^[42] Identified as "Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi" by DoD on June 11, 2006 Reported to have been issued ID number 588 and had been identified in earlier document as "Mazi Salih al Harbi"^[43] Lawyers reported that DoD refused to forward their mail to detainee, claiming they were spelling his name incorrectly
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
al Uwaydah, Rashid Awad Rashid			Repatriated to Saudi Arabia May 19, 2006
		late 2001

Al Warifi, Mukhtar Yahya Najee
Al Yafii, Al Khadir Abdullah			Transferred to Oman January 2015^[44]

Al Zahrani, Sad Ibrahim Ramzi al-Jundubi
		—	Committed suicide in the camp on June 10, 2006
		—	Repatriated November 4, 2005
		—	Went through CSRT Went through ARB
Al Zuhairi, Ahmed Zaid
Ali, Abu Sana
Ali, Sahibzada Usman
Ali, Sarfraz
Ali, Syed Saim
		—	Unexplained name mismatch in dossier
		—	Former resident of Canada. On December 5, 2013 he was transferred to Algeria.^[45]
Amin, Aminullah
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Amro, Jalal Salem bin
Anaam, Suhail Abdo
Ansar, Muhammad
Anwar, Muhammad		—	released
Aouzar, Mohamed
Aqeel, Sulaiman bin
Arbaish, Khalid bin Suleiman
Aseeri, Turki Mashawi Zayid Ale Jabali
Asharf, Muhammad			Name appears as Muhammad Ashraf on the Washington Post list of detainees. Repatriated late 2004. Released June 28, 2005. Asharf's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees.
Aslam, Noor	Afghanistan
Asnar, Khalid
Ayub, Haseeb
	China	—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Aziz, Ahamed Abdel		2002-10-28	Transferred to Mauritania October 29, 2015

Muhammad al Ghazali Babikir
Badrzaman Badr	Afghanistan	—	A writer with a master's degree in English literature. At the time of his detention he was already imprisoned in Afghanistan for writing satirical articles that lampooned both the U.S. and the Taliban. Released in 2005 after 3.5 years of imprisonment by US. http://jamesrupert.wordpress.com/people/brothers-held-three-years-at-guantanamo-for-uhwriting-satire/
Saeed Bajadiyah
Bakhtiar Bameri		2002 in Afghanistan	Repatriated September 14, 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20070605120303/http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=561
Barak	Afghanistan
Barhoumi, Sufyian		—	charged with conspiracy to murder on November 7, 2005
Bashir, Ahmad		—	17 when captured, released 2005

		—	claims authorities tortured him to make him end his hunger strike
Lutfi Bayifkan
	United Kingdom	late 2001	Stripped of his ICRC POW card - released Jan 2005
		January 17, 2002	Captured in Bosnia following his acquittal by the Bosnian Supreme Court One of the Algerian Six
	United Kingdom	—	Went to Afghanistan to flee UK law - released Jan 2005
	France	—	Brother of Menad Benchellali - "the chemist" - released
		—	17 when captured
Muhammad Binmoojan
(Guantanamo ID 960)	Afghanistan	—	Released prior to the initiation of the CSRT procedures
(Guantanamo ID 639)	Afghanistan	—	Released prior to the initiation of the CSRT procedures
(Guantanamo ID 658)	Afghanistan	—	Released on March 25, 2003.
(Guantanamo ID 968)	Afghanistan	—	Attended both his CSRT and ARB hearing.
	Afghanistan	—	Released July 18, 2005.^[46] ^[47] ^[48] reported the July 2005 hunger strike
		January 17, 2002	Captured in Bosnia following his acquittal by the Bosnian Supreme Court One of the Algerian Six
Brahim Benchakaroun
		—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
	Afghanistan	—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
Abdullah Celik	Turkey
Yuksel Celikgogus	Turkey
	Morocco	—	repatriated in 2004 - released on bail - then rearrested
Dourad, Gouled Hassan^[49]		2004	Dourad's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees.

		January 17, 2002	Captured following his acquittal by the Bosnian Supreme Court One of the Algerian Six
	Afghanistan	—	Testified he was under 16 when captured Testified he was sold by bounty hunters Testified he had no association with terrorism
Farooq, Muhammad Naim	Afghanistan
Fauzee, Ibrahim
Fazil, Mullah	Afghanistan
Feroze, Muhammad
	Afghanistan	—	One of the first four detainees to be released. Released October 2002. Newspaper reports described him as frail and senile. Claimed to be over one hundred years old.
Fouzan, Fahed
Ghailani, Ahmed Khalfan	Tanzania		Transferred to ADX Florence and then into USP McCreary. Serving a life sentence.
	Afghanistan	—	Released from Guantanamo in January 2004.^[50] following his release, he subsequently fought with the Taliban and was killed in Afghanistan by coalition forces on September 26, 2004.^[51] Ghaffar's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees.
Ghafour, Abdul	Afghanistan	—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
Ghanem, Mohamed Ragab Abu
Ghazi, Fahd Abdullah Ahmad
Gherebi, Falen

	Sweden	Dec. 2001	Captured in the Tora Bora Mountains, released July 8, 2004
Ghulab, Sher	Afghanistan
	Afghanistan	—	Acknowledged being a member of the Taliban. Told his CSRT he had submitted several written resignations, that had not been accepted.
Gul, Lall	Afghanistan
Gul, Nate	Afghanistan
	Russia	—	Repatriated January 3, 2004. Convicted of bombing a natural gas pipeline.
	Egypt & Australia	late 2001	Now released, allegedly bears scars of torture
		—	Continued detention considered by CSRT
Hamada, Mohamed
		—	released to Yemen in 2008, conviction vacated in 2012
		late 2001	US citizen, moved to brig on mainland; expatriated to Saudi Arabia and stripped of US citizenship
Hamdoon, Zahir Omar bin
	Afghanistan	—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
		—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
Hamza, Abu
Hanif, Muhammad
		—	Says he was a University student, captured in his University dorm, who had never even been to Afghanistan

Hatair, Khalid
Hatem, Saeed
	Australia	late 2001	Convicted (plea bargain). Transferred to Australian Detention. Came from Adelaide, Australia.
Hkimi, Adel
Houari, Abdul Rahim (aka Haderbache, Sofiane)		—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT On March 3, 2006 the DoD released a memo summarizing the factors for and against his continued detention, prepared for his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[52]
		January 17, 2002	Captured in Bosnia not "on the battlefield" Apprehended after being acquitted by the Bosnian Supreme Court
Iilyas, Muhammad
		- -	extradited to Spain July 2005
	United Kingdom	2001	released March 2004—alleges abuse
Iqbal, Faiq		—	released
Iqbal, Zafar
Irfan, Muhammad
Ishaq, Muhammad		—	released
Ishmuradov, Timur	Russia
		—	Alleged to have been trained at the Al Farouq training camp.
		—	Claimed torture
Jabarah, Mohammed	Canada		Transferred to ADX Florence. Serving a life sentence.
Jamaluddin, Muhammad		—	released
Jan, Aziaullah
	—	—
Joaid, Abdul Rahman
		—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
	Afghanistan	—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
	France	—	Released
	Canada	late 2001	claims to have been a CIA mole - released
	Canada	2002/7/27	Captured at age 15 following a fire fight between insurgents and US military during which a soldier was killed. Charged with war crimes, which are contentious based on the laws of war.^[53] He was transferred to Canada on 29 September 2012 to serve for his sentence.^[54]
Khairkhwa, Khairullah	Afghanistan	—	Former spokesman to the BBC and VOA Former Governor of Herat
		—	As of December 30, 2005 faces trial in Yemen Released, after three years detention, when US authorities decided he was not tied to al Qaeda
Khan, Abdullah	—	—	US Government withheld the first five pages of the transcript of his Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Khan, Alif	Afghanistan
Khan, Aziz	Afghanistan
Khan, Aziz
Khan, Badshah
Khan, Ejaz Ahmad		—	released
Khan, Haji Mohammed	Afghanistan
Khan, Hamood ullah
Khan, Isa
Khan, Juma	Afghanistan
Khan, Merza	Afghanistan
Khan, Muhammad Ejaz		—	Repatriated late 2004^[55] ^[56] Released June 28, 2005 Khan's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees
Khan, Muhammad Kashif
	Afghanistan	—	Continued detention considered by his CSRT and ARB
Khan, Tariq Aziz		—	released
Khasraf, Mohamed Nasser Yahya Abdullah
Kifayatullah
Kiyemba, Jamal	Uganda, UK resident	—	hunger striker, released in 2006 after Kiyemba v. Bush^[57] and all Uyghur detainees at Guantanamo Bay had been released by 2013.
Koochi, Naeem	Afghanistan
	Russia	—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
	Turkey, German resident	—	dossier accidentally declassified - released
Lagah, Lofti Ben Suihi
		—	Arrested in his home in Bosnia
		—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
Mahdi, Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdullah^[58]		Afghanistan, 2001	Acknowledged to be seriously mentally ill.
	China	—	Uyghur, released to Switzerland March 23, 2010
Mamut, Bahtiyar	China	—	Uyghur
Maimoundi, Hassan
Mamrouk, Adel Ben Hamida
	China	—	Uyghur
		—	US alleges the charities he worked for had ties to al Qaeda
Manzoor, Hafiz Liaqat		—	released
		—	On March 3, 2006 the DoD released a memo summarizing the factors for and against his continued detention, prepared for his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[59] Murtada's name did not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees.
Marouz, Muhammad

Maula, Abdul		—	released
Mazloom, Fazel	Afghanistan
Mazrou, Alaa Abdel Maqsoud
Mehmood, Majid		—	released
Mehmood, Talli		—	released
	Afghanistan	Dec 2001	one of the first detainees to be released. returned to a senior Taliban leadership role was killed on July 24, 2007 in Pakistan.^[60]
Mert, Nuri
Meshad, Sherif
Mingazov, Ravil	Russia
Mohammed	Afghanistan
	Afghanistan	February 10, 2003	Alleged follower of Abdul Wahid, captured following an ambush outside of Lejay, Afghanistan.
	Ethiopia, UK resident	—	released
Mohammed, Hajii Faiz	Afghanistan
Mohammed, Jan	Afghanistan		Released in October 2002.
	China	—	Uyghur
	Afghanistan	—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
Mohammed, Wazir	Afghanistan
		Zambia	Released Jan 2005
Muhammad, Ali
Muhammad, Mirza	Afghanistan
		—	Released May 8, 2003.^[61] ^[62] ^[63]
	Afghanistan	—	Continued detention considered by a CSRT
Mujarrad, Talal Ahmed Mohamed
Murshid, Ayoub


	France	—	released
Nabaytah, Hassan
Nabiyev, Yusuf
			Arrested at the age of 13 One of the three minors held at Camp Iguana. Released on January 28, 2004. The DoD's official list, of May 15, 2006, listed a minor named Naqib Ullah.^[64] It is unclear whether these two names refer to the same individual.
Naseer, Muneer bin
	Morocco	May 13, 2002	Released on July 19, 2021
Nasri, Riadh Mohammad
Nauman, Muhammad	Pakistan
Nechle, Mohammed		January 17, 2002	Captured following his acquittal by the Bosnian Supreme Court One of the Algerian Six
Noor, Yusuf Khaleel
Noorallah	Afghanistan
	China		Continued detention considered by a CSRT
Noori, Norullah	Afghanistan		Continued detention considered by a CSRT
		Jul 2002	transferred to the United Arab Emirates on August 15, 2016
Odigov, Ruslan	Russia
Omar, Muhammad
Omar, Othman Ali
Osman, Haji	Afghanistan
Osman, Mohammad	Afghanistan
Paracha, Saifullah
	China	—	Uyghur released
Patel, Mustaq Ali	France		Also known as Muhammed Haji,^[65] ^[66] among other aliases Transferred to French custody, March 7, 2005^[67] ^[68] One of 38 Guantanamo detainees determined to be No longer enemy combatant by Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Qaid, Yaseem
	China	2001	Detained in Camp Iguana, since 2002, as "enemy combatant;" CSRT ruled him "no longer enemy combatant" in 2004. Held pending country to accept him, due to him opposing return to China for fear of torture. Denied entry and asylum to U.S. under the INA, denied habeas corpus.
nowrap			—	Reported being tortured in Guantanamo.
Qudus, Abdul	Afghanistan	2001	Was 14 years old when captured. Claimed to be sold for a bounty.Released.
Quraish, Nasr Abdullah

Rafiq, Muhammad
Rahim, Abdul
Rahim, Abdur	Afghanistan
Rjkarl
	Afghanistan	late 2001	Believed between 12 and 15 years old when detained. One of the three minors held at Camp Iguana. Released on January 28, 2004. The DoD's official prisoner list of May 15, 2006 listed a minor named Assad Ullah. It is unclear whether these two names refer to the same individual.
Rahman, Saji Ur	Pakistan	late 2001	Sajin Urayman was repatriated on 16 July 2003.^[69]
Rahmatoulah	Afghanistan
Raouf, Mullah Abdel	Afghanistan
Rashid, Hani Saleh
	United Kingdom	—	released March 2004, 3 months before Rasul v. Bush was decided. Alleges abuse.
Raza, Abid
Raza, Muhammad Arshad
Razaq, Abdul/Abdur		—	released
Razeq, Abdul	Afghanistan
Rehman, Abdul	Afghanistan
Rehman, Abdul
Rehman, Hafiz Khalil ur			Repatriated late 2004. Released June 28, 2005. Rehman's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees.
Rehman, Sajid-ur
Ridha, Yazidi
Ridouane, Khalid	France	—	released
Ruhani, Gholam		—	released in 2007^[70]
	Afghanistan	—	Released July 18, 2005. revealed the July 2005 hunger strike. Russol's name does not appear on the May 15, 2006 DoD list of Guantanamo detainees.
Rustam	Afghanistan
	Afghanistan	—	Released October 2002

Saeed, Muhammad
Safeesi, Abdul Sattar
		—	Released October 2002.
Said, Hassan Mujamma Rabai (aka Bashir, Ghallab)		—	On March 3, 2006 the DoD released a memo summarizing the factors for and against his continued detention, prepared for his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[71]
Salahuddin, Ghazi		—	released July 2003^[72]
Salman, Mohamed bin
Sarajudim	Afghanistan
Sassi, Mohammed Ben Sala
	France	2002	repatriated July 27, 2004
Sattar, Abdul
Saud, Abu
Sen, Ibrahim
Sen, Mesut
Shaalan, Hani Abdo Muslih
	Afghanistan	—	Participated in his CSRT
Shah, Rostum	Afghanistan
Shah, Sliman	Afghanistan
Shah, Sulaiman	Afghanistan
Shah, Syed Zia Hussain
Shalabi, Abdul Rahman^[73]		2002-01-11	transferred September 22, 2015
	Afghanistan	—	Participated in his CSRT
Sharifullah	Afghanistan	—	Participated in his CSRT
Shaqroon, Ibrahim bin
Sharofov, Rukmiddin
Shehzada, Mullah	Afghanistan
Shokuri, Yunis Abdurrahman	Morocco	2002-05-01	transferred September 16, 2015
Sidiq, Mohammed	Afghanistan

		—	Captured in Mauritania Radical imam, an alleged mentor to the Hamburg cell Held without charge for 7 years after an order from United States Federal judge for his release Has never participated in a proven crime against the United States Released Oct 17, 2016.
		—	hunger striker claimed interrogator beat him on 2005/08/05
Suleiman, Fayiz Ahmad Yahia		Late 2001	released to Italy on July 10, 2016^[74]
Sultan, Zahid
Tabarak, Abdallah		—	repatriated in 2004 - at large on bail
Tahir, Mohammad	Afghanistan
Tariq, Muhammad
	—	2001	Born in Saudi Arabia to ethnic Uyghur citizens of China resident in Saudi Arabia. Nationality unclear. Captured by the Taliban in 1997 Freed from Taliban imprisonment during the Invasion Re-captured by the Americans CSRT concluded, in 2005, that he was innocent Transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia on June 25, 2005.
Ullah, Asad	Afghanistan
Utain, Riyad
Uthman, Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammad		—	Alleged to have trained at Tarnak Farms.
			Continued detention supposedly justified because he was captured wearing a Casio F91W digital watch.
Uzel, Turgut
	Vohidov, Muqim
	Von Ahmed, Ahmed
Wali, Badshah	Afghanistan
		—	Released May 8, 2003.
Wali, Mohammed	Afghanistan
Wazeer, Abdullah ba
		—	Participated in his CSRT
	Afghanistan	—	Participated in his CSRT
	Afghanistan
Yadel, Brahim	France
	Afghanistan	—	Son of Nasrat Khan
	China	—	Uyghur
Zaeef, Mohammed	Afghanistan
	Afghanistan	—	former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan; released September 2005
	Afghanistan	—	charged by the Guantanamo military commissions
Zaman, Badar uz
Zaman, Qaisir		—	released
		—	Friend of millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam
Zemmori, Mosa Zi	Belgium	—	Detained, in part, because he was captured wearing a Casio digital watch; released

External links

- Guantánamo: The Definitive Prisoner List (Part 1) - Andy Worthington Names of the Detained in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (sorted by nationality)
Associated Press Guantánamo Detainee Court Documents Archive
- - Office of the Secretary of Defense & Joint Staff—FOIA Requester Service Center Executive Order Task Force—Guantanamo Final Review Dispositions as of January 22, 2010
Pentagon charges 6 in 9-11 attacks
'Clean team' interrogated 9-11 suspects
New York Times Guantanamo research database

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List of Guantanamo Bay detainees explained

List

See also

Guantanamo detainees by nationality

External links