Khalid Mallah Shayi Al Jilba Al Qahtani
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Khalid Malu Shia al Ghatani is a citizen of Saudi Arabia
who was
held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
Khalid Malu Shia al Ghatani was captured in Afghanistan and was transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 28, 2007.
The Department of Defense
estimates that Al Qahtani was born in 1984, in Al Arib, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
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...
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Khalid Malu Shia al Ghatani was captured in Afghanistan and was transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 28, 2007.
The Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
estimates that Al Qahtani was born in 1984, in Al Arib, Saudi Arabia.
External links
- Who Are The Ten Saudis Just Released From Guantánamo? Andy Worthington