The United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

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 acknowledges holding six Bahraini detainees in Guantanamo.

A total of 778 captives have been held in extrajudicial detention

Extrajudicial detention

Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...

 in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba

Cuba

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 since the camps opened on January 11, 2002
The 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

Rasul v. Bush

Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that the U.S. court system has the authority to decide whether foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay were wrongfully imprisoned...

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Bahraini detainees in Guantanamo

isn	name	status	notes
52	Isa Ali Abdulla Almurbati	Transferred	Allegedly a follower of Abu Sayyef Abu Sayyaf Abu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country... . Allegedly was told that if he went to war and fought the Jihad, he would have a 15,000 Dinar Dinar The dinar is the official currency of several countries.The history of the dinar dates to the gold dinar, an early Islamic coin corresponding to the Byzantine denarius auri...  debt forgiven.
60	Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi -Administrative Review Board hearing:Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review Board hearings...	Transferred	Alleged to have fought on the front lines. Allegedly disruptive and aggressive while in detention. Claimed he traveled to Afghanistan because he was moved by the plight of the refugees. Released.
159	Abdulla Majid Al Naimi Abdulla Majid Al Naimi Born on March 9, 1982, in Manama, Bahrain, Abdulla Majid Al Naimi is a Bahraini, formerly held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba....	Transferred	Alleged to have traveled to Afghanistan to fight.
227	Salah Abdul Rasul Ali Abdul Rahman Al Balushi	Transferred	Press observed his second ARB Administrative Review Board The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.... . Justification for detention unclear.
246	Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa Sheikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa is a citizen of Bahrain who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba....	Transferred	Accused of traveling to Afghanistan.
261	Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossary Juma Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossary Jumah Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossari is a Bahraini, formerly held in the American prison for security detainees, Camp Delta, at the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay...	Transferred	Allegedly delivered a fiery speech in Buffalo NY Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...  that was attended by members of the Lackawanna Six. Says he has been tortured, and has made over a dozen suicide attempts. Repatriated to Saudi custody, with fifteen other men, on July 16, 2007.