Muhammad Abd Al Nasir Muhammad Khantumani
Encyclopedia
Muhammed Khan Tumani is a citizen of Syria
who was held for almost eight years in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
The Department of Defense
reports that Tumani was born on January 7, 1982, in Halab, Syria.
He was only seventeen years old when his incarceration began and has been hold for some time in solitary confinement
without access to his father. He attempted suicide
while in Guantanamo.
Muhammed Khan Tumani was transferred to Portugal
on August 28, 2009 while his father Abdul Nasser Khantumani
who was also in Guantanamo was transferred to Cape Verde
.
He testified that neither he or his father had ever had any association with hostilities. He testified that in spite of always being cooperative he was repeatedly threatened with torture in Guantanamo.
He was transferred to Portugal on August 28, 2009.
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
who was held for almost eight years 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...
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, 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
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
reports that Tumani was born on January 7, 1982, in Halab, Syria.
He was only seventeen years old when his incarceration began and has been hold for some time in solitary confinement
Solitary confinement
Solitary confinement is a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff. It is sometimes employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner, and has been cited as an additional...
without access to his father. He attempted suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
while in Guantanamo.
Muhammed Khan Tumani was transferred to Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
on August 28, 2009 while his father Abdul Nasser Khantumani
Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Khantumani
Abd Al Nasir Muhammad Abd Al Qadir Khantumani is a citizen of Syria, best known for the more that eight years he spent in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba....
who was also in Guantanamo was transferred to Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
.
Background
Tumani testified that his father had immigrated to Afghanistan to establish a restaurant, and that he and the rest of his extended family traveled there to join him, after he had established himself, when he was eighteen, shortly before al Qaeda's attacks on September 11.He testified that neither he or his father had ever had any association with hostilities. He testified that in spite of always being cooperative he was repeatedly threatened with torture in Guantanamo.
He was transferred to Portugal on August 28, 2009.
External links
- Guantánamo whistleblowers: Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham is not the first insider to condemn the kangaroo courts Andy Worthington
- Who Are The Two Syrians Released From Guantánamo To Portugal? Andy Worthington, September 9, 2009
- Khan Tumani, et al., v. Obama, et al. Center for Constitutional Rights