Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan
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Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan is a citizen of Libya
, who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
The Department of Defense reports that Zeidan was born on 6 November 1976, in Sorman
, Libya.
Ibrahim Mahdi Achmed Zeidan was captured in Afghanistan in July 2002 and was transferred to Jordan on 2 November 2007.
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, who was 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 United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
The Department of Defense reports that Zeidan was born on 6 November 1976, in Sorman
Sorman
Sorman or Surman is a town near the Mediterranean Sea coast, in the Zawiya District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya.-2011 civil war:...
, Libya.
Ibrahim Mahdi Achmed Zeidan was captured in Afghanistan in July 2002 and was transferred to Jordan on 2 November 2007.