Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa Explained

Salman Ebrahim
Id Number:246
Status:repatriated
Occupation:Shaikh

Salman Ebrahim is a citizen of Bahrain who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] The Department of Defense reports that Al Khalifa was born on July 24, 1979, in Rifah, Bahrain. He is a member of the Al Khalifa royal family of Bahrain, related to the king of Bahrain.

Al Khalifa is a second cousin of the King of Bahrain.[2]

Al Khalifa, like the other Bahrainis held in Guantanamo, has Joshua Colangelo-Bryan as his lawyer.

Official status reviews

Initially the Bush Presidency asserted that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to any captives apprehended in the "war on terror", and that these individuals could be held indefinitely without any open review of their status.However, in 2004, in Rasul v. Bush the United States Supreme Court ruled the captives had to be given an opportunity to hear the justifications for their detention, and an opportunity to try to refute those allegations.

Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants

Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush, the Department of Defense set up the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants, which conducted annual reviews, which were, in theory, open to members of the press.Al Khalifa's status was reviewed in 2004 and 2005.[3]

Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment

On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts.[4] [5] [6] His assessment was five pages long, and was drafted on May 13, 2005. Camp commandant Jay W. Hood recommended his "transfer to the control of another country for continued detention."

Release

The Gulf Daily News announced on November 5, 2005, that Salman had been released, and was one of three Bahraini detainees on their way home.[7] [8]

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.[9]

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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. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929142457/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. September 29, 2007. live.
  2. News: Detention & Deception . . Nathan Fuller . 2011-05-06 . 2012-08-07 . For example, Sheikh Salman Al Khalifa, a member of the Bahraini royal family, was detained specifically to provide information on a select few "personalities" and alleged "Taliban safehouses," but was then deemed himself a potential "threat to the US, its interests and allies." . https://web.archive.org/web/20111201225949/http://tcnjperspective.com/2011/05/06/detention-and-deception/ . 2011-12-01 . live.
  3. News: Guantanamo Docket: Sheikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali al Khalifa. New York Times. Margot Williams. Margot Williams. 2008-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20120921103058/http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/246-sheikh-salman-ebrahim-mohamed-ali-al-khalifa. 2012-09-21. live.
  4. News: WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed -- Guantanamo Bay has been used to incarcerate dozens of terrorists who have admitted plotting terrifying attacks against the West – while imprisoning more than 150 totally innocent people, top-secret files disclose . . 2011-04-27 . 2012-07-13 . Christopher Hope . Robert Winnett . Holly Watt . Heidi Blake . 2012-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120715015806/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html . live . The Daily Telegraph, along with other newspapers including The Washington Post, today exposes America's own analysis of almost ten years of controversial interrogations on the world's most dangerous terrorists. This newspaper has been shown thousands of pages of top-secret files obtained by the WikiLeaks website. .
  5. News: WikiLeaks: The Guantánamo files database . . 2011-04-27 . 2012-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626204100/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/guantanamo-bay-wikileaks-files/8476672/WikiLeaks-The-Guantanamo-files-database.html . 2015-06-26 . dead.
  6. News: Guantanamo Bay detainee file on Sheikh Salman, US9BA-000246DP, passed to the Telegraph by Wikileaks . . 2011-04-27 . 2012-08-07 . Transfer to the control of another country for continued detention . https://web.archive.org/web/20130708095010/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/guantanamo-bay-wikileaks-files/8477046/Guantanamo-Bay-detainee-file-on-Sheikh-Salman-Ebrahim-US9BA-000246DP.html . 2013-07-08 . live.
  7. News: Free at last!. Kanwal Hameed. Kanwal Hameed. Gulf Daily News. 2007-07-11. November 5, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20080615025312/http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_Articles.asp?Article=126067&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28230&date=11-5-2005. June 15, 2008. live.
  8. News: 'Nightmare' for freed Bay Three. November 9, 2005. Gulf Daily News. 2007-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20080615030459/http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_Articles.asp?Article=126490&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28234&date=11%2F9%2F2005. June 15, 2008. live.
  9. News: Bay victims may get BD50,000. Geoffrey Bew. Geoffrey Bew. Gulf Daily News. August 23, 2007. 2007-08-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20071031083521/http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=191432&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=30156. October 31, 2007. live.

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