Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay explained
The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding Tunisian detainees in Guantanamo.[1] A total of 779 detainees 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 detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush.[2] By July 2012 the camp held 168 captives.
On February 24, 2010, Carol Rosenberg, of the Miami Herald, reported that Albania accepted the transfer of three former detainees, a Tunisian, Saleh Bin Hadi Asasi and Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad and Rauf Omar Mohammad Abu al Qusin, an Egyptian, and a Libyan.[2] [3] [4] The men will not be allowed to leave Albania.
On July 27, 2012, Tunisia Live asserted the five remaining Tunisian captives would be repatriated by the end of 2012.[5]
Tunisian detainees in Guantanamo
| name | arrival
date | departure
date | notes |
|---|
| | 2002-01-12 | | |
| | 2002-01-20 | 2010-02-24 | Transferred to Albania[6] |
| | 2002-02-09 | 2009-11-30 | Transferred to Italy for criminal prosecution |
| | [7] | 2014-12-30 | |
| | 2002-05-01 | 2014-11-20 | Transferred to Slovakia |
| | 2002-05-01 | 2014-12-08 | granted asylum in Uruguay |
| | 2002-06-08 | 2009-11-30 | Transferred to Italy for criminal prosecution |
| | 2002-06-14 | 2007-06-17 | |
| | 2002-08-05 | 2010-03-23 | |
| | 2002-08-05 | 2007-06-17 | |
| | 2003-02-07 | 2010-01-24 | Transferred to Slovakia |
| | 2003-02-07 | 2014-12-30 | | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense. 2006-05-15.
- 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. .
- 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.
- 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.
- News: Tunisian Guantanamo Detainees to be Released By End of 2012 . . 2012-07-27 . 2012-07-26 . 2012-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120712033552/http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/07/09/tunisian-guantanamo-detainees-to-be-released-by-end-of-2012/ . live . Tunisian Secretary of State for American and Asian Affairs, Hedi Ben Abbes, stated in an interview with Tunisia Live that the five Tunisians still remaining in the U.S Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay will be back to Tunisia by the end of this year..
- News: Guantanamo Docket: Saleh Bin Hadi Asasi . New York Times. Margot Williams. Margot Williams. 2008-11-03. 2014-04-22.
- His arrival date was not documented.
