List of Sudanese detainees at Guantanamo Bay explained

The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding twelve Sudanese captives in Guantanamo.[1] A total of 779 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 December 2013 the camp population stands at approximately 160.

List of Sudanese citizen at Guantanamo

name arrival
date
transfer
date
notes
2002-01-11 2013-12-18
2002-06-12 2012-07-10
2002-01-21 2008-04-30
2002-06-14 2008-04-30
  • Cameraman for Al Jazeera when he was arrested on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.[4]
2002-08-05 2004-03-31
2002-08-05 2013-12-18
  • In February 2011 agreed to a negotiated plea agreement that guaranteed him a fixed release date in return for a guilty plea.[5]
2002-08-05 2007-12-12
2002-08-05 2005-07-19
  • Determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[6]
2002-08-05 2004-03-31
2002-08-05 2006-10-06
2002-08-05 2008-04-30
2003-03-23 2007-12-12

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: Last Two Detained Sudanese in Guantanamo to Arrive in Khartoum Wednesday . . Hana Abdul Hai . 2013-12-15 . 2013-12-16 . 2013-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216222746/http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=230076 . dead . Foreign Minister Spokesperson, Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq said in press statements that the Sudanese detainees Mohammed Nour Osman and Ibrahim Osman Ibrahim who are the last Sudanese prisoners in Guantanamo Bay will be transported to Khartoum by an American Military Aircraft..
  3. News: Guantanamo Docket: Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi . New York Times. Margot Williams. Margot Williams. 2008-11-03. 2013-12-16.
  4. Web site: Breaking News, World News and Video from al Jazeera .
  5. News: Guantanamo Docket: Noor Uthman Muhammaed. New York Times. Margot Williams. Margot Williams. 2008-11-03. 2013-12-16.
  6. News: Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classified as "No Longer Enemy Combatants". Washington Post. 2008-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20070204065424/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/nlec/ . 2007-02-04.
  7. News: Two Guantanamo detainees transferred: Pentagon . . 2008-10-08 . 2008-10-08 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014063055/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jxuCXEAs-0WUMMiXr7fv4Lph0Ryg . 2008-10-14 .
  8. News: Pentagon: Two Guantanamo Detainees Transferred . . 2008-10-08 . 2008-10-08 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011055053/http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-08-voa61.cfm . 2008-10-11 .
  9. News: Pentagon releases Guantanamo inmate to Sudan. Associated Press. 2008-10-08. https://archive.today/20081009043208/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3WIBOXA-BeNBZmsWqreuD4upVIgD93MG1A80. 2008-10-09. dead. 2008-09-28.