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*[http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/08/28/clearing-out-guantanamo-two-more-algerians-transferred/ Clearing Out Guantánamo: Two More Algerians Transferred] Andy Worthington | *[http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/08/28/clearing-out-guantanamo-two-more-algerians-transferred/ Clearing Out Guantánamo: Two More Algerians Transferred] Andy Worthington | ||
+ | *{{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1346598.html | ||
+ | | title=Algerian court clears former Guantánamo captives | ||
+ | | publisher=[[Miami Herald]] | ||
+ | | date=2009-11-22 | ||
+ | | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2Fnews%2Famericas%2Fguantanamo%2Fstory%2F1346598.html&date=2009-11-27 | ||
+ | | archivedate=2009-11-27 | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | *{{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AL10B20091122 | ||
+ | | title=Algeria court acquits two ex-Guantanamo detainees | ||
+ | | publisher=[[Reuters]] | ||
+ | | date=2009-11-22 | ||
+ | | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FworldNews%2FidUSTRE5AL10B20091122+&date=2009-11-27 | ||
+ | | archivedate=2009-11-27 | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Abdulli Feghoul''' is a citizen of [[Algeria]] who was held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in the [[United States]]'s [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2> | ||
+ | {{cite web | ||
+ | | url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf | ||
+ | | title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006 | ||
+ | | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] | ||
+ | | accessdate=2006-05-15 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | </ref><ref name=Hrw1> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project/testimonies/prisoner-testimonies/hrw-locked-alone-abdulli-feghoul | ||
+ | | title=HRW, Locked Up Alone (Abdulli Feghoul) | ||
+ | | publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] | ||
+ | | author= | ||
+ | | date= | ||
+ | | accessdate=2009-01-22 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhumanrights.ucdavis.edu%2Fprojects%2Fthe-guantanamo-testimonials-project%2Ftestimonies%2Fprisoner-testimonies%2Fhrw-locked-alone-abdulli-feghoul&date=2009-01-22 mirror] | ||
+ | </ref><ref name=HuffingtonPost2008-08-28> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/clearing-out-guantanamo-t_b_122012.html | ||
+ | | title=Clearing Out Guantanamo: Two More Algerians Transferred | ||
+ | | publisher=[[Huffington Post]] | ||
+ | | author=[[Andy Worthington]] | ||
+ | | date=2008-08-28 | ||
+ | | accessdate=2009-01-22 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fandy-worthington%2Fclearing-out-guantanamo-t_b_122012.html&date=2009-01-22 mirror] | ||
+ | </ref><ref name=AlgeriaWatch2008-09-05> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://www.algeria-watch.org/en/hr/guantanamo/hrw_rice.htm | ||
+ | | title=US: Rice Should Press Algeria on Fate of Returned Guantanamo Detainees | ||
+ | | publisher=[[Algeria Watch]] | ||
+ | | author= | ||
+ | | date=2008-09-05 | ||
+ | | accessdate=2009-01-22 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.algeria-watch.org%2Fen%2Fhr%2Fguantanamo%2Fhrw_rice.htm&date=2009-01-22 mirror] | ||
+ | </ref><ref name=CcrAbdullahFeghoul> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://ccrjustice.org/learn-more/faqs/solitary-confinement-guantanamo-bay | ||
+ | | title=Solitary Confinement at Guantanamo Bay | ||
+ | | publisher=[[Center for Constitutional Rights]] | ||
+ | | author= | ||
+ | | date= | ||
+ | | accessdate=2009-01-22 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fccrjustice.org%2Flearn-more%2Ffaqs%2Fsolitary-confinement-guantanamo-bay&date=2009-01-22 mirror] | ||
+ | </ref><ref name=HumanRightsUSA> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://www.humanrightsusa.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=24&Itemid=80 | ||
+ | | title=Abdullah Feghoul v. George W. Bush -- MOTION OF THE WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS USA IN SUPPORT OF PRO SE PETITIONER FOR LEAVE TO PARTICIPATE AS AMICUS CURIAE OR AS ASSIGNED COUNSEL, AND FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE SUBMISSION | ||
+ | | publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]] | ||
+ | | author=[[Richard W. Roberts]] | ||
+ | | year=2006 | ||
+ | | accessdate=2009-01-22 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.humanrightsusa.org%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_docman%26task%3Ddoc_download%26gid%3D24%26Itemid%3D80&date=2009-01-22 mirror] | ||
+ | </ref><ref name=Wtop2008-08-28> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://www.wtop.com/index.php/jhenson@wtopnews.com?nid=389&sid=1440236 | ||
+ | | title=2 Guantanamo inmates transferred to Algeria | ||
+ | | publisher=[[WTOP-FM|WTOP]] | ||
+ | | author= | ||
+ | | date=2008-08-28 | ||
+ | | accessdate=2009-01-22 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wtop.com%2Findex.php%2Fjhenson%40wtopnews.com%3Fnid%3D389%26sid%3D1440236&date=2009-01-22 mirror] | ||
+ | </ref> | ||
+ | His Guantanamo [[Internment Serial Number]] was 292. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Combatant Status Review Tribunal== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the [[Geneva Conventions]] to captives from [[the war on terror]].<ref name=Bbc2002-01-21> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1773140.stm | ||
+ | | title=Q&A: What next for Guantanamo prisoners? | ||
+ | | publisher=[[BBC News]] | ||
+ | | date=2002-01-21 | ||
+ | | accessdate=2008-11-24 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Famericas%2F1773140.stm&date=2008-11-24 mirror] | ||
+ | </ref> | ||
+ | This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct [[competent tribunal]]s to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of [[prisoner of war]] status. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Subsequently the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] instituted the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were ''lawful combatants'' -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an [[enemy combatant]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Summary of Evidence memo=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A [[Summary of Evidence (CSRT)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for Abdulli Feghoul's | ||
+ | Combatant Status Review Tribunal.<ref name=CsrtMemoIsn292> | ||
+ | {{cite web | ||
+ | | url=http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/292-abdulli-feghoul/documents/5/pages/334#1 | ||
+ | | title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Feghoul, Abdulli | ||
+ | | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] | ||
+ | | author=[[OARDEC]] | ||
+ | | date=2004-11-30 | ||
+ | | accessdate=2008-09-28 | ||
+ | | page='''page x''' | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | </ref> | ||
+ | The memo listed the following allegations: | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Quotation| | ||
+ | :a. The detainee is associated with the Taliban or al-Qaida. | ||
+ | :#The detainee traveled from Germany to Afghanistan in 2001. | ||
+ | :#The detainee attended the Darunta Training Camp for 18 days in April 2001. | ||
+ | :#The Darunta Training Camp was a training camp that supported the Anti-Coalition Militia during the Afghan War. | ||
+ | :#While at the Darunta Training Camp, the detainee learned how to assemble, disassemble ,and fire the AK-47 rifle. | ||
+ | :#The detainee stayed in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. | ||
+ | :#The detainee was captured in the Tora Bora region. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is no record that Abdulli Feghoul participated in his Tribunal. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{ARB}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | A [[Summary of Evidence (ARB)|Summary of Evidence memo]] was prepared for Abdulli Feghoul's first annual Administrative Review Board on August 31, 2005.<ref name=Arb1Isn292> | ||
+ | {{cite web | ||
+ | | url=http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/292-abdulli-feghoul/documents/1/pages/343#2 | ||
+ | | title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Feghoul, Abdulli | ||
+ | | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] | ||
+ | | author=[[OARDEC]] | ||
+ | | date=2005-08-31 | ||
+ | | accessdate=2009-01-22 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | </ref> | ||
+ | The three page memo listed sixteen | ||
+ | "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and three | ||
+ | "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer". | ||
+ | |||
+ | Those factors included allegations that: | ||
+ | *he traveled to Afghanistan in an attempt to cure his drug addiction—not to engage in hostilities. | ||
+ | *he used traveled to Afghanistan using forged identity documents. | ||
+ | *he stayed for two months, in the summer of 2000, in an [[Algerian guest house, Afghanistan|Algerian guest house]], which housed refugee families. | ||
+ | *he trained at the [[Khaldan training camp]] in 2000. | ||
+ | *he met [[Abu Jaffar]] in Derunta, who the allegations claimed operated a chemical weapons factory out of the [[Algerian guest house, Deruntah|Algerian guest house]] in Deruntah. | ||
+ | *he was "seen often" at a [[Taliban transit house, Jalalabad|Taliban transit house]] in Jalalabad, managed by [[Jaffir Al-Jazaher]]. | ||
+ | *a "senior al Qaida detainee" claimed Abdulli Feghoul was [[Abu Ali]], an explosives instructor at Derunta. | ||
+ | *that he stayed behind when most Arab men fled Jalalabad, and helped Arab women and children "exfiltrate" to [[Peshawar]], and that he was captured in Peshawar, in late 2001. | ||
+ | *that a "known Peshawar-based extremist" who distributed funds to support the families of missing men gave money to his wife. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Board recommendations=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to [[Gordon England]], the [[Designated Civilian Official (OARDEC)|Designated Civilian Official]].<ref name=ArbRecommendationIsn292> | ||
+ | {{cite web | ||
+ | | url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000196-000275.pdf#73 | ||
+ | | title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 292 | ||
+ | | date=2005-12-20 | ||
+ | | author=[[OARDEC]] | ||
+ | | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] | ||
+ | | accessdate=2009-01-22 | ||
+ | | pages='''page 73''' | ||
+ | }}</ref><ref name=ArbBasisForRecommendationIsn292> | ||
+ | {{cite web | ||
+ | | url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000196-000275.pdf#74 | ||
+ | | title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 292 | ||
+ | | date=2005-09-23 | ||
+ | | author=[[OARDEC]] | ||
+ | | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] | ||
+ | | accessdate=2009-01-22 | ||
+ | | pages='''pages 74–80''' | ||
+ | }}</ref> | ||
+ | The Board's recommendation was unanimous | ||
+ | The Board's recommendation was redacted. | ||
+ | England authorized his transfer on December 23, 2005. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Repatriation== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Feghoul and another [[Algerian captives in Guantanamo|Algerian]] were repatriated to Algeria in August 2008.<ref name=ConsolidatedReleaseList> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf | ||
+ | | title=Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased | ||
+ | | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] | ||
+ | | author=[[OARDEC]] | ||
+ | | date=2008-10-09 | ||
+ | | accessdate=2008-12-28 | ||
+ | | quote= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | </ref> | ||
+ | Once in Algeria they faced charges based on the allegations of ties to jihadists in Afghanistan.<ref name=Xinhau2009-11-23> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/23/content_12522188.htm | ||
+ | | title=Algeria acquits 2 former Guantanamo detainees | ||
+ | | publisher=[[Xinhua]] | ||
+ | | date=2009-11-22 | ||
+ | | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Fenglish%2F2009-11%2F23%2Fcontent_12522188.htm&date=2009-11-23 | ||
+ | | archivedate=2009-11-23 | ||
+ | }}</ref><ref name=Bbc2009-11-22> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8373544.stm | ||
+ | | title=Algeria acquits two former Guantanamo Bay detainees | ||
+ | | publisher=[[BBC News]] | ||
+ | | date=2009-11-22 | ||
+ | | author= | ||
+ | | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fafrica%2F8373544.stm&date=2009-11-23 | ||
+ | | archivedate=2009-11-23 | ||
+ | }}</ref><ref name=AP2009-11-22> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g7-kEBFZAG-w0UavMhy8fNGSue_gD9C4MGN81 | ||
+ | | title=Algeria court acquits 2 former Guantanamo inmates | ||
+ | | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | ||
+ | | date=2009-11-22 | ||
+ | | author= | ||
+ | | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5g7-kEBFZAG-w0UavMhy8fNGSue_gD9C4MGN81&date=2009-11-23 | ||
+ | | archivedate=2009-11-23 | ||
+ | }}</ref><ref name=Afp2009-11-23> | ||
+ | {{cite news | ||
+ | | url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBazh-cXbOXbg1tEADlZap68BbFQ | ||
+ | | title=Algerian court clears Guantanamo detainees | ||
+ | | publisher=[[Agence France Presse]] | ||
+ | | date=2009-11-23 | ||
+ | | author= | ||
+ | | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5hBazh-cXbOXbg1tEADlZap68BbFQ&date=2009-11-23 | ||
+ | | archivedate=2009-11-23 | ||
+ | }}</ref> | ||
+ | They were tried and acquitted in November 2009. | ||
+ | Abdulli and Mohamed Terani acknowledged, during their trials, that they had been involved in the illegal drug trade in [[Germany]], but denied any ties to [[jihadism]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==External links== | ||
+ | {{Portal|Biography}} | ||
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+ | {{WoTPrisoners|state=collapsed}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | ||
+ | | NAME = Feghoul, Abdulli | ||
+ | | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | ||
+ | | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | ||
+ | | DATE OF BIRTH = 1960-10-22 | ||
+ | | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Tiaret, Algeria]] | ||
+ | | DATE OF DEATH = | ||
+ | | PLACE OF DEATH = | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{DEFAULTSORT:Feghoul, Abdulli}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Algerian extrajudicial prisoners of the United States]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Guantanamo detainees known to have been released]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
+ | [[Category:1960 births]] | ||
+ | |||
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Abdelli Faghoul is a citizen of Algeria who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Feghoul was transferred to Algeria on August 25, 2008.[8]
Once in Algeria he faced charges based on the allegations of ties to jihadists in Afghanistan.[9][10][11][12] They were tried and acquitted in November 2009. Abdelli and Mohamed Terani acknowledged, during their trials, that they had been involved in the illegal drug trade in Germany, but denied any ties to jihadism.
Contents
References
- ↑ List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2006-05-15.
- ↑
"HRW, Locked Up Alone (Abdulli Feghoul)". Human Rights Watch. http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project/testimonies/prisoner-testimonies/hrw-locked-alone-abdulli-feghoul. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror
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- ↑ Andy Worthington (2008-08-28). "Clearing Out Guantanamo: Two More Algerians Transferred". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/clearing-out-guantanamo-t_b_122012.html. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ "US: Rice Should Press Algeria on Fate of Returned Guantanamo Detainees". Algeria Watch. 2008-09-05. http://www.algeria-watch.org/en/hr/guantanamo/hrw_rice.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ "Solitary Confinement at Guantanamo Bay". Center for Constitutional Rights. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090122070401/http://ccrjustice.org/learn-more/faqs/solitary-confinement-guantanamo-bay. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ Richard W. Roberts (2006). "Abdullah Feghoul v. George W. Bush -- MOTION OF THE WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS USA IN SUPPORT OF PRO SE PETITIONER FOR LEAVE TO PARTICIPATE AS AMICUS CURIAE OR AS ASSIGNED COUNSEL, AND FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE SUBMISSION". United States Department of Justice. http://www.humanrightsusa.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=24&Itemid=80. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ "2 Guantanamo inmates transferred to Algeria". WTOP. 2008-08-28. http://www.wtop.com/index.php/jhenson@wtopnews.com?nid=389&sid=1440236. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ "Search Results for “292†- The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/search/292. </li>
- ↑ "Algeria acquits 2 former Guantanamo detainees". Xinhua. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Fenglish%2F2009-11%2F23%2Fcontent_12522188.htm&date=2009-11-23. </li>
- ↑ "Algeria acquits two former Guantanamo Bay detainees". BBC News. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fafrica%2F8373544.stm&date=2009-11-23. </li>
- ↑ "Algeria court acquits 2 former Guantanamo inmates". Associated Press. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5g7-kEBFZAG-w0UavMhy8fNGSue_gD9C4MGN81&date=2009-11-23. </li>
- ↑ "Algerian court clears Guantanamo detainees". Agence France Presse. 2009-11-23. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5hBazh-cXbOXbg1tEADlZap68BbFQ&date=2009-11-23. </li> </ol>
- ↑ Andy Worthington (2008-08-28). "Clearing Out Guantanamo: Two More Algerians Transferred". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/clearing-out-guantanamo-t_b_122012.html. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
External links
- Clearing Out Guantánamo: Two More Algerians Transferred Andy Worthington
- "Algerian court clears former Guantánamo captives". Miami Herald. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2Fnews%2Famericas%2Fguantanamo%2Fstory%2F1346598.html&date=2009-11-27.
- "Algeria court acquits two ex-Guantanamo detainees". Reuters. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FworldNews%2FidUSTRE5AL10B20091122+&date=2009-11-27.
Abdulli Feghoul is a citizen of Algeria who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 292.
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror.[8] This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.
Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.
Summary of Evidence memo
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdulli Feghoul's Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[9] The memo listed the following allegations:
- a. The detainee is associated with the Taliban or al-Qaida.
- The detainee traveled from Germany to Afghanistan in 2001.
- The detainee attended the Darunta Training Camp for 18 days in April 2001.
- The Darunta Training Camp was a training camp that supported the Anti-Coalition Militia during the Afghan War.
- While at the Darunta Training Camp, the detainee learned how to assemble, disassemble ,and fire the AK-47 rifle.
- The detainee stayed in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
- The detainee was captured in the Tora Bora region.
There is no record that Abdulli Feghoul participated in his Tribunal.
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdulli Feghoul's first annual Administrative Review Board on August 31, 2005.[10] The three page memo listed sixteen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and three "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
Those factors included allegations that:
- he traveled to Afghanistan in an attempt to cure his drug addiction—not to engage in hostilities.
- he used traveled to Afghanistan using forged identity documents.
- he stayed for two months, in the summer of 2000, in an Algerian guest house, which housed refugee families.
- he trained at the Khaldan training camp in 2000.
- he met Abu Jaffar in Derunta, who the allegations claimed operated a chemical weapons factory out of the Algerian guest house in Deruntah.
- he was "seen often" at a Taliban transit house in Jalalabad, managed by Jaffir Al-Jazaher.
- a "senior al Qaida detainee" claimed Abdulli Feghoul was Abu Ali, an explosives instructor at Derunta.
- that he stayed behind when most Arab men fled Jalalabad, and helped Arab women and children "exfiltrate" to Peshawar, and that he was captured in Peshawar, in late 2001.
- that a "known Peshawar-based extremist" who distributed funds to support the families of missing men gave money to his wife.
Board recommendations
In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.[11][12] The Board's recommendation was unanimous The Board's recommendation was redacted. England authorized his transfer on December 23, 2005.
Repatriation
Feghoul and another Algerian were repatriated to Algeria in August 2008.[13] Once in Algeria they faced charges based on the allegations of ties to jihadists in Afghanistan.[14][15][16][17] They were tried and acquitted in November 2009. Abdulli and Mohamed Terani acknowledged, during their trials, that they had been involved in the illegal drug trade in Germany, but denied any ties to jihadism.
References
- ↑ List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2006-05-15.
- ↑
"HRW, Locked Up Alone (Abdulli Feghoul)". Human Rights Watch. http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project/testimonies/prisoner-testimonies/hrw-locked-alone-abdulli-feghoul. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror
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- ↑ Andy Worthington (2008-08-28). "Clearing Out Guantanamo: Two More Algerians Transferred". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/clearing-out-guantanamo-t_b_122012.html. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ "US: Rice Should Press Algeria on Fate of Returned Guantanamo Detainees". Algeria Watch. 2008-09-05. http://www.algeria-watch.org/en/hr/guantanamo/hrw_rice.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ "Solitary Confinement at Guantanamo Bay". Center for Constitutional Rights. http://ccrjustice.org/learn-more/faqs/solitary-confinement-guantanamo-bay. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ Richard W. Roberts (2006). "Abdullah Feghoul v. George W. Bush -- MOTION OF THE WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS USA IN SUPPORT OF PRO SE PETITIONER FOR LEAVE TO PARTICIPATE AS AMICUS CURIAE OR AS ASSIGNED COUNSEL, AND FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE SUBMISSION". United States Department of Justice. http://www.humanrightsusa.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=24&Itemid=80. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ "2 Guantanamo inmates transferred to Algeria". WTOP. 2008-08-28. http://www.wtop.com/index.php/jhenson@wtopnews.com?nid=389&sid=1440236. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
- ↑ "Q&A: What next for Guantanamo prisoners?". BBC News. 2002-01-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1773140.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-24. mirror </li>
- ↑ OARDEC. Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Feghoul, Abdulli. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2008-09-28.
- ↑ OARDEC. Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Feghoul, Abdulli. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2009-01-22.
- ↑ OARDEC. Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 292. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2009-01-22.
- ↑ OARDEC. Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 292. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2009-01-22.
- ↑ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-28. </li>
- ↑ "Algeria acquits 2 former Guantanamo detainees". Xinhua. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Fenglish%2F2009-11%2F23%2Fcontent_12522188.htm&date=2009-11-23. </li>
- ↑ "Algeria acquits two former Guantanamo Bay detainees". BBC News. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fafrica%2F8373544.stm&date=2009-11-23. </li>
- ↑ "Algeria court acquits 2 former Guantanamo inmates". Associated Press. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5g7-kEBFZAG-w0UavMhy8fNGSue_gD9C4MGN81&date=2009-11-23. </li>
- ↑ "Algerian court clears Guantanamo detainees". Agence France Presse. 2009-11-23. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5hBazh-cXbOXbg1tEADlZap68BbFQ&date=2009-11-23. </li> </ol>
- ↑ Andy Worthington (2008-08-28). "Clearing Out Guantanamo: Two More Algerians Transferred". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/clearing-out-guantanamo-t_b_122012.html. Retrieved 2009-01-22. mirror </li>
External links
- "Algerian court clears former Guantánamo captives". Miami Herald. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2Fnews%2Famericas%2Fguantanamo%2Fstory%2F1346598.html&date=2009-11-27.
- "Algeria court acquits two ex-Guantanamo detainees". Reuters. 2009-11-22. Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FworldNews%2FidUSTRE5AL10B20091122+&date=2009-11-27.
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