Allah Muhammed Saleem
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On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order
Court order
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 from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...

 published a Summarized transcript from over 300 Tribunals.
Saleem's transcript was not published on March 3, 2006. A three page summarized transcript from the unclassified session of his Tribunal was published in September 2007, as part of his habeas corpus
Habeas corpus
is a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to his aid. Habeas corpus originated in the English legal system, but it is now available in many nations...

 petition.

Allah Muhammed Saleem v. George W. Bush

A writ of habeas corpus, Allah Muhammed Saleem v. George W. Bush, was submitted on
Allah Muhammed Saleem's behalf.
In response, on 12 November 2005,
the Department of Defense released 29
pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal to his lawyers.
Those 29 pages were published in September 2007.

On January 13, 2005 Tribunal panel 30 determined he was not an "enemy combatant" after all.

Not an enemy combatant

Two of the three officers who sat on Tribunal panel 30, which convened to confirm or refute his status as an "enemy combatant" voted to recommend that he should not be considered an enemy combatant. The dissenting officer prepared a minority report, which was not published. The unclassfied version of the Tribunal's report did not say why they discounted the allegations against him.

Asylum in Albania

Like five of the Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo
Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo
The United States government detained twenty-two Uyghurs in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp since 2002. As of today the five Uyghurs Abdul Razakah, Yusef Abbas, Hajiakbar Abdulghupur, Saidullah Khalik and Ahmed Mohamed remain in Guantanamo and have filed cases in US courts to obtain the right to...

 the government of Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

 agreed to allow Salim to be transferred to Albania, and to apply for Asylum. Salim was transferred to a refugee center there on 17 November 2006. Salim has been visited, in Albania, by his American lawyers. Zari reports that Salim's family in Egypt are not accepting phone calls from either Salim, or his lawyers. According to Zari: "Salim pointed out that he was suffering from some health problems resulting from his torture in Guantanamo,"

McClatchy interview

On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Abd al Maqsut Muhammad Sagim Mazruh.
He reported being tortured.

The McClatchy report states he was held in the Bagram Theater Detention Facility prior to transfer to Guantanamo.

He has requested that his family be permitted to join him in Albania.

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