Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud Al Hami
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The following primary factors favor release or transfer
was prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board on 27 January 2006.
The four page memo listed twenty-seven "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and eleven "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
was prepared for his third annual Administrative Review Board on 12 February 2007.
The four page memo listed twenty-seven "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and eleven "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
petition, Alhami v. Bush, was filed on behalf of al Hami and at least one other captive, in early 2005, before US District Court Judge Gladys Kessler
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In September 2007 the Department of Defense published the unclassified dossiers arising from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of 179 captives.
Al Hami's dossier was not published with the others.
On 10 June 2006 the Department of Defense reported that three captives died in custody.
The Department of Defense stated the three men committed suicide
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Camp authorities called the deaths "an act of asymmetric warfare", and suspected plans had been coordinated by the captive's attorneys—so they seized all the captives' documents, including the captives' copies of their habeas documents.
Since the habeas documents were privileged lawyer-client communication the
Department of Justice was compelled to file documents about the document seizures.
Al Hami's privileged attorney-client communications were among those seized.
On 15 August 2006, the United States Department of Justice
requested that al Hami's habeas petition be amalgamated with Al Halmandy v. Bush
.
authored legal opinions justifying the use of extended interrogation methods.
Second annual Administrative Review Board hearing in 2006
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (ARB)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...
was prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board on 27 January 2006.
The four page memo listed twenty-seven "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and eleven "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
Third annual Administrative Review Board hearing in 2007
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (ARB)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...
was prepared for his third annual Administrative Review Board on 12 February 2007.
The four page memo listed twenty-seven "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and eleven "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
Medical records
On 16 March 2007, the Department of Defense published records of al Hami's weight. His in-process weight (7 February 2003) was 155 lbs. As of 2 December 2006, his weight was 173 lbs.Habeas corpus petition
A habeas corpusHabeas 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, Alhami v. Bush, was filed on behalf of al Hami and at least one other captive, in early 2005, before US District Court Judge Gladys Kessler
Gladys Kessler
Gladys Kessler is an American jurist who sits on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, and confirmed in July 1994....
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In September 2007 the Department of Defense published the unclassified dossiers arising from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of 179 captives.
Al Hami's dossier was not published with the others.
On 10 June 2006 the Department of Defense reported that three captives died in custody.
The Department of Defense stated the three men committed suicide
Guantanamo suicide attempts
On June 10, 2006 three prisoners held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps allegedly committed suicide. The United States Department of Defense stopped reporting Guantanamo suicide attempts in 2002....
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Camp authorities called the deaths "an act of asymmetric warfare", and suspected plans had been coordinated by the captive's attorneys—so they seized all the captives' documents, including the captives' copies of their habeas documents.
Since the habeas documents were privileged lawyer-client communication the
Department of Justice was compelled to file documents about the document seizures.
Al Hami's privileged attorney-client communications were among those seized.
On 15 August 2006, the United States Department of Justice
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
requested that al Hami's habeas petition be amalgamated with Al Halmandy v. Bush
Al Halmandy v. Bush
Al Halmandy v. Bushis a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of 63 Guantanamo detainees, on December 13, 2005.The writ was filed shortly before the passage of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, which contained provisions to close off captives ability to initiate new habeas petitions.-Seizure of...
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Torture lawsuit
On 24 April 2009, al Hami's attorneys filed a lawsuit that claimed he had been subjected to torture in 2001, months before the Office of Legal CounselOffice of Legal Counsel
The Office of Legal Counsel is an office in the United States Department of Justice that assists the Attorney General in his function as legal adviser to the President and all executive branch agencies.-History:...
authored legal opinions justifying the use of extended interrogation methods.
External links
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