List of Mauritanian detainees at Guantanamo Bay
On May 15, 2006 the United States Department of Defense acknowledged that there were three Mauritanian captives held in Guantanamo.[1]
The Guantanamo Bay detainment camps were opened on January 11, 2002 at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. The Bush administration asserted that all captives taken in the "global war on terror" could be held there, in extrajudicial detention, without revealing their names. The Associated Press had filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the names of all the captives. The Department of Defense justified keeping the information secret on the grounds of protecting the captives' privacy, as they had not been charged with crimes. After exhausting legal appeals, the Department of Defense were forced, by a court order, to release the identities of all the Guantanamo captives.
WTOP reported in 2006 that one of the Mauritanians held in Guantanamo had been transferred to United States officers by former leader Maaouya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya.[2]
Known Guantanamo detainees from Mauritania[edit]
| isn | name | arrival date |
transfer date |
notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISN 706 | Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad | 2002-08-05 | 2007-09-26 |
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| ISN 757 | Ahmed Ould Abd al-Aziz | 2002-10-28 | 2015-10-29 | ISN 757
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| ISN 760 | Mohamedou Ould Slahi | 2002-08-05 | 2016-10-17 |
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References[edit]
- ↑ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ↑ Mauritania Leader Aims to Avoid Oil Curse, WTOP, April 23, 2006 - mirror Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Guantanamo Bay inmate handed over to Mauritanian govt". friquenligne.fr. September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on October 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-30. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Charles Savage and Steven Erlanger, "Guantanamo Release Ends Yearslong Battle", New York Times, 31 October 2015
- ↑ Jenifer Fenton, "Gitmo detainee repatriated to Mauritania after 14 years in custody", AlJazeera America, 29 October 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1
Andy Worthington (2013-06-01). "EXCLUSIVE: Two Guantánamo Prisoners Released in Mauritania". Retrieved 2013-06-01.
In news that has so far only been available in Arabic, and which I was informed about by a Mauritanian friend on Facebook, I can confirm that two prisoners from Guantánamo have been released, and returned to their home country of Mauritania.
- ↑ وصول ولد صلاحي و ولد عبد العزيز لنواكشوط [Access Ould Salahi and Abdel Aziz in Nouakchott] (in Arabic). 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2013-06-01.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ عاجل: وصول ولد الصلاحي وولد عبد العزيز من غوانتنامو إلى نواكشوط [URGENT: Born Salahi access and Ould Abdel Aziz, from Guantánamo to Nouakchott] (in Arabic). 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2013-06-01.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑
"Guantanamo'daki 2 Moritanyalı Serbest Bırakıldı: Guantanamo'da 10 yıldır tutuklu bulunan 2 Moritanya vatandaşı, ülkelerine gönderildi" [2 Mauritanian citizen detained in Guantanamo for 10 years, was sent to the countries.] (in Turkish). Sondakika. 2013-06-01. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
Baza americana din Guantanamo Bay de peste 10 ani de închisoare și a fost eliberat două țări au fost livrate la cetățenii din Mauritania spus. Conform informațiilor de la rudele de două Moritanyalının lansat, forțele de securitate americane, Makhdoom Ould Ahmed Ould Salahi și Abdulaziz'i, autoritățile Novakșot din Mauritania predat la aeroport. Familiile au spus că se întâlnesc la petreceri.
Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 10.0 10.1
Ahmed Mohamed (2013-06-01). "Mauritania group says 2 prisoners arrive from Guantanamo, but US denies transfer". Nouakchott, Mauritania: Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
The report that the Guantanamo detainees were transferred to Mauritania came from Hamoud Ould Nabagha, chairman of the Support Committee for Guantanamo Prisoners. He said the prisoners include Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, both of whom were held at Guantanamo. The third is El Haj Ould Cheikh El Houssein Youness who was held at the U.S. military base at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, said Nabagha.
Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Torture – an intimate history: Guantánamo Diary, by Mohamedou Ould Slahi". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
- ↑ [[[:Template:DoD detainees ARB]] Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Mohamedou Ould Salahi'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 28-38
- ↑ [[[:Template:DoD detainees ARB]] Summarized transcript (.pdf)], from Mohamedou Ould Salahi's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 184
- ↑ Summarized transcript, from Mohamedou Ould Salahi's second annual Administrative Review Board hearing - page 75
- ↑
"'Guantanamo Diary' author released to Mauritania". Reuters. 2016-10-17. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
His departure reduced to 60 the number of prisoners held at the facility set up to hold terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Nineteen of them have been cleared for release.
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