Ali Husayn Abdullah Al Tays
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Ali Husayn Abdullah Al Tays chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review TribunalCombatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense...
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Ali Husayn Abdullah Al Tays v. George W. Bush
A writ of habeas corpus was submitted onAli Husayn Abdullah Al Tays's behalf.
The Department of Defense released 26 pages arising from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal on October 1, 2004.
Tribunal panel 5 confirmed his enemy combatant status on 24 September 2004.
Military Commissions Act
The Military Commissions Act of 2006Military Commissions Act of 2006
The United States Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as HR-6166, was an Act of Congress signed by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. Drafted in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on Hamdan v...
mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed.
Boumediene v. Bush
On June 12, 2008 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. BushBoumediene v. Bush
Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 , was a writ of habeas corpus submission made in a civilian court of the United States on behalf of Lakhdar Boumediene, a naturalized citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, held in military detention by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba...
, that the Military Commissions Act
Military Commissions Act of 2006
The United States Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as HR-6166, was an Act of Congress signed by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. Drafted in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on Hamdan v...
could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system. And all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated.
On July 18, 2008 Sarah Havens re-initiated Anam v. Bush
Anam v. Bush
Anam v. Bushis a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of a dozen Guantanamo detainees.The petition was filed before US District Court Judge Henry H...
to which Ali Husayn Abdullah Al Tays was a party.
The other twelve captives who were part of this petition remained in detention in Guantanamo.
Summary of Evidence memo
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (ARB)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...
was prepared for Ali Husayn Abdullah Al Tays's Administrative Review Board.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
The following primary factors favor continued detention
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
Board recommendations
In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.The Board's recommendation was unanimous
The Board's recommendation was redacted.
England authorized his transfer on May 25, 2005.
The document that explained the basis for the Board's decision noted:
Repatriation
Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah SalehAli Abdullah Saleh
Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh is the first President of the Republic of Yemen. Saleh previously served as President of the Yemen Arab Republic from 1978 until 1990, at which time he assumed the office of chairman of the Presidential Council of a post-unification Yemen. He is the...
, demanded the release of the remaining Yemenis held in Guantanamo on December 23, 2006.
The Yemen Observer
Yemen Observer
The Yemen Observer is an English-language, triweekly newspaper published in the Republic of Yemen. It was founded in 1996 by Faris Sanabani, aide and press secretary of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Its editors include Editor-in-Chief, Mohammed al-Kibsi...
identified Mohammed Ahmed al-Asadi, Esam Hamid al-Jaefi and Ali Hussain al-Tais as three of the six Yemeni who had been repatriated the previous week.
Al Asadi, the first of the six men to be released, on December 29, 2006, was asked to sign an undertaking promising to refrain from armed activity.
On January 7, 2007 the Yemen Times
Yemen Times
The Yemen Times is unified Yemen's first and most widely-read independent English-language newspaper. The paper is published twice-weekly and has its own printing press, advertising associates and news service....
identified two of the three remaining men as
Tawfiq Al-Murwai and Muhassen Al-Asskari.
Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh is the first President of the Republic of Yemen. Saleh previously served as President of the Yemen Arab Republic from 1978 until 1990, at which time he assumed the office of chairman of the Presidential Council of a post-unification Yemen. He is the...
, said the men would be released as soon as Yemeni authorities had cleared them.
On August 21, 2010 Agence France Presse reported that a Yemeni, named "Ali Hussein al-Taiss" who had formerly been held in Guantanamo, and who had joined Al Qaida following his repatriation, surrendered to Yemeni authorities.
A statement from Yemen's Saba News Agency
Saba News Agency
The Saba News Agency also known as the Yemen News Agency, is the official state news agency of Yemen. It was founded on 16 November 1970 and is headquartered in the capital Sana'a....
said Ali Husayn expressed remorse, and said he: "expressed remorse for having served in Al-Qaeda" and was "ready to collaborate".