Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay

The United States has held a total of 115 Yemeni citizens at Guantanamo Bay, forty-two of who have since been transferred out of the facility.[1] Only Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia had a greater number of their citizens held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[1] By January 2008, the Yemenis in Guantanamo represented the largest group of detainees.[2]

Among the Yemeni detainees currently held (as of November 2015), 44 are recommended for transfer out of the facility, while twenty-three are being held indefinitely and are not recommended for transfer.[3] Only Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul has been convicted by military tribunal, and his conviction has been vacated on appeal.[3] Two Yemeni detainees are awaiting trials by military commissions, Ramzi bin al-Shibh and Walid Bin Attash.[3]

Events

A delegation of Yemeni officials visited Guantanamo shortly after it opened in January 2002.[4]

On March 12, 2008 Mark Falkoff of the Center for Constitutional Rights issued a call for the repatriation of the Yemeni detainees, reporting that 95 Yemenis remained in detention, and they now constituted more than a third of the total detainee population.[5] Falkoff wrote that the delay in his release is due to a failure of the USA and Yemeni governments to reach an agreement on the security arrangements for the detainees, following their repatriation. By contrast, almost all the 133 Saudi detainees in Guantanamo had been sent home in 2006 and 2007.

Impact of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's alleged attempted suicide bombing

On December 25, 2009, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to set off a suicide bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. By December 27, 2009, responding to rumors that Abdulmutallab had confessed to being trained and equipped in Yemen, various American politicians, including Joe Lieberman, Pete Hoekstra, Peter T. King and Bennie Thompson, called for American President Barack Obama to halt plans to repatriate the Yemenis.[6][7][8][9][10]

Repatriation negotiations

An article published in the Yemen Post on November 13, 2012, reported on secret terms in the US-Yemeni repatriation negotiations.[11]

Yemen recently had a change in administration. Officials of the new administration said, "Saleh demanded $200 million in return for receiving the Yemeni detainees, but the US offered him only $20 million. The two sides could not reach an agreement to release the detainees by then."'

Repatriated detainees

Several returned Yemeni detainees were charged and stood trial, following their repatriation.[12] Yemen established a special Criminal Court for Terrorism where their trials took place.[13][14][15][16]

On June 7, 2008 the Yemeni site Al Sahwa Net reported that negotiations were advanced for the repatriation of approximately seventy Yemeni detainees.[17]

On June 7, 2008 Yemen Online reported that several Yemeni detainees had recently been allowed to their first phone calls to their families.[18] The article also reported that "informed sources" said Stephan Seche, the American ambassador had returned to the USA to brief the Bush Presidency on Yemen's rehabilitation program for repatriated detainees.

List of Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo

isn name arrival
date 		departure
date 		notes transfer
recommendation
status
00026 Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Ghazi 2002-01-11 2016-01-13 transferred to Oman[19] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00027 Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman 2002-12-11 received habeas corpus 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended continued detention
00028 Muaz Hamza Ahmad Al Alawi 2002-01-17 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended continued detention
00029 Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Al Ansi 2002-01-16 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended continued detention
00030 Ahmed Umar Abdullah al Hikimi 2002-01-16 2016-04-16 Saudi Arabia[20][21][22] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00031 Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Abd Al Mujahid 2002-01-12 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24] 201x Periodic Review Board recommended transfer
00032 Faruq Ali Ahmed 2002-01-11 2009-12-19 transfer ?
00033 Mohammed Ahmad Said Al Edah 2002-01-17 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00034 Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed Al Yafi 2002-01-17 2015-01-14 Transferred to Oman[25][26] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00035 Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris 2002-06-08 2015-06-13 Transferred to Oman[27] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00036 Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Idris 2002-01-11 2013-12-18 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00037 Abd al Malik Abd al Wahab 2002-01-11 2016-06-22 Asylum in Montenegro 2014 Periodic Review Board recommended transfer[28][29]
00039 Ali Hamza Ahmed Suleiman Al Bahlul 2002-01-11 serving his sentence in Guantanamo
00040 Abdel Qadir Hussein Al Mudhaffari 2002-01-14 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00041 Majid Mahmud Abdu Ahmad 2002-01-17 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended continued detention
00043 Samir Naji Al Hasan Moqbel 2002-01-11 2016-01-13 transferred to Oman[19] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00044 Mohammed Rajab Sadiq Abu Ghanim 2002-01-11 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended continued detention
00045 Ali Ahmad Muhammad Al Rahizi 2002-01-11 2015-11-16 transferred to the United Arab Emirates.[30] ?
00069 Sadeq Muhammad Sa'id Ismail 2007-06-18 2004-11-12 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended transfer
00078 Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al Hanashi 2002-02-08 2009-06-01 Died in custody 2008-06-10 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended continued detention
00088 Waqas Mohammed Ali Awad 2002-01-20 2016-01-13 transferred to Oman[19] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00091 Abdul Al Saleh 2002-02-09 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00115 Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser 2002-06-12 2016-04-16 Saudi Arabia[20][21][22] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00117 Muktar Yahya Najee Al Warafi 2002-05-01 2016-01-13 transferred to Oman[19] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00128 Ghaleb Nassar Al Bihani 2002-01-17 201x Periodic Review Board recommended transfer
00129 Toufiq Saber Muhammad Al Marwa'i 2002-06-12 2006-12-15 transfer 2005-01-07 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended transfer
00131 Salem Ahmed Hadi 2002-01-20 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended continued detention
00149 Salim Ahmed Hamdan 2002-05-01 2008-11-25 transferred to serve sentence 2008-09-04 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended continued detention
00152 Asim Thahit Abdullah Al Khalaqi 2002-01-17 2014-12-30 asylum 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
He died in Kazakhstan shortly after his transfer
00153 Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman 2002-01-17 2016-07-10 Transferred to Italy.[31][32]
00156 Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd 2002-01-17 2012-09-10 died in custody 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00162 Ali Husayn Abdullah Al Tays 2002-02-09 2006-12-15 transfer 2004-10-08 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended transfer
00163 Khalid Abd Jal Jabbar Muhammad Juthman Al Qadasi 2002-02-09 2015-11-16 transferred to the United Arab Emirates.[30] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00165 Adil Said Al Haj Obeid Al Busayss 2002-01-17 2015-11-16 transferred to the United Arab Emirates.[30] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00167 Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi 2002-05-01 2016-04-16 Saudi Arabia[20][21][22] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00170 Sharaf Ahmad Muhammad Masud 2002-06-08 2015-06-13 Transferred to Oman[27] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00171 Abu Bakr Ibn Ali Muhhammad Alahdal 2002-01-14 2016-01-13 transferred to Oman[19] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00172 Ali Muhammed Nasir 2002-01-14 2007-09-28 transferred 2004-10-28 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended transfer
00178 Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada 2002-02-09 2016-04-16 unknown[33][34][20][21][22] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00183 Issam Hamid Al Bin Ali Al Jayfi 2002-01-17 2006-12-15 transferred 2004-10-29 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended transfer
00193 Muhsin Muhammad Musheen Moqbill 2002-05-03 2006-12-15 transferred 2004-10-01 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended transfer
00198 Mohammed Ahmed Ali Al Asadi 2002-05-01 2006-12-15 transferred 2004-09-17 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended transfer
00202 Mahmmoud Omar Mohammed Bin Atef 2002-02-07 2016-01-06 transferred to Ghana ?
00221 Ali Mohsen Salih 2002-02-11 2007-06-18 transfer 2004-09-17 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended transfer
00223 Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghiyth Sulayman 2002-02-11 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00224 Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali Muhammad 2002-02-09 2015-01-14 Transferred to Oman[25][26] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00225 Hani Abdul Muslih Al Shulan 2002-02-09 2007-06-18 transferred 2004-10-15 JTF-GTMO DAB recommended transfer
died in Yemen in 2009.
00233 Abdul Al Razzaq Muhammad Salih 2002-02-11 2016-01-13 transferred to Oman[19] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00235 Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah Sarem Jarabh 2002-02-11 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00242 Khaled Qasim 2002-05-01 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended continued detention
00249 Mohammed Abdullah Al Hamiri 2016-04-16 Saudi Arabia[20][21][22] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00251 Muhhammad Said Bin Salem 2002-02-07 2016-01-13 transfer to Oman[35] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00252 Yasim Muhammed Basardah 2002-02-12 2010-05-04
00254 Muhammad Ali Hussein Khenaina 2002-06-08 2014-12-30
00255 Said Muhammed Salih Hatim 2002-06-12 2016-01-13 transferred to Oman[19] 2010 Guantanamo Review Task Force recommended transfer
00256 Atag Ali Abdoh Al-Haj 2002-06-12 2009-12-19
00259 Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif 2002-02-09 2015-01-14 Transferred to Oman[25][26]
00321 Ahmed Yaslam Said Kuman 2002-05-03 2016-04-16 Saudi Arabia[20][21][22]
00324 Mashur Abdallah Muqbil Ahmed Al Sabri 2002-05-01 2016-04-16 Saudi Arabia[20][21][22]
00434 Mustafa Abdul Qawi Abdul Aziz Al Shamyri 2002-06-12
00440 Mohammed Ali Abdullah Bwazir 2002-05-01
00441 Abdul al-Rahman al-Ziahri 2002-02-09
00461 Abdul Rahman Umir Al Qyati 2002-05-03 2016-04-16 Saudi Arabia[20][21][22]
00498 Mohammed Ahmed Said Haidel 2002-05-03
00503 Saleh Mohamed Al Zuba 2002-06-08 2006-12-15
00506 Khalid Mohammed Salih Al Dhuby 2002-05-05 2016-01-06 transferred to Ghana
00508 Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammed Rabeii 2002-05-01
00509 Mohammed Nasir Yahya Khusruf 2002-05-03 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24]
00511 Sulaiman Awath Sulaiman Bin Ageel Al Nahdi 2002-05-05 2015-11-16 transferred to the United Arab Emirates.[30]
00522 Yasin Qasem Muhammad Ismail 2002-05-01
00549 Omar Said Salim Al Dayi 2002-02-15 2016-01-13 transferred to Oman[19] ?
00553 Abdul Khaled Al-Baydani 2002-05-01 2014-11-20
00554 Fahmi Salem Said Al Sani 2002-02-15 2015-11-16 transferred to the United Arab Emirates.[30]
00564 Jalal Salam Bin Amer 2002-06-14 2015-06-13 Transferred to Oman[27]
00566 Mansour Muhammed Ali Al-Qatta 2002-06-18 2016-04-16 Saudi Arabia[20][21][22]
00569 Zuhail Abdo Anam Said Al Sharabi 2002-05-05
00570 Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim Al Qurashi 2002-05-05 2014-12-30
00574 Hamoud Abdullah Hamoud Hassan Al Wady 2002-06-08 2013-12-16
00575 Saad Masir Mukbl Al Azani 2002-06-18 2015-06-13 Transferred to Oman[27]
00576 Zahar Omar Hamis Bin Hamdoun 2002-05-05 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24]
00577 Jamal Muhammad Alawi Mar'i 2002-05-01 2009-12-19
00578 Abdul Aziz Abdullah Ali Al Suadi 2002-05-03
00586 Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan 2002-05-01 2005-08-19
00627 Ayman Saeed Abdullah Batarfi 2002-05-01 2009-12-19
00678 Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdallah Mahdi 2002-06-18 2007-06-18
00679 Mohmmad Ahmad Ali Tahar 2002-06-14 2009-12-19
00680 Emad Abdalla Hassan 2002-06-18 2015-06-13 Transferred to Oman[27]
00681 Mohammed Mohammed Hassen 2002-06-18 2010-07-13 received habeas corpus
00683 Fayad Yahya Ahmed 2002-06-18 2009-12-19
00686 Abdel Ghalib Ahmad Hakim 2002-06-18 2014-11-20
00688 Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed 2002-06-18
00689 Mohammed Ahmed Salam 2002-06-18 2015-01-14 Transferred to Oman[25][26]
00690 Ahmed Abdul Qader 2002-06-18 2015-01-14 Transferred to Estonia[25][26]
00691 Mohammed Ali Salem Al Zarnuki 2002-06-18 2015-06-13 Transferred to Oman[27]
00692 Ali Bin Ali Aleh 2002-06-18 2009-09-26
00693 Ali Abdullah Ahmed 2002-06-18 2006-06-10 Died in custody
00728 Jamil Ahmed Said Nassir 2002-08-05 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24]
00836 Ayoub Murshid Ali Saleh 2002-10-28 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24]
00837 Bashir Nashir Al-Marwalah 2002-10-28 2016-08-15 transferred to the United Arab Emirates[23][24]
00838 Shawki Awad Balzuhair 2002-10-28 2016-12-04 transferred to Cape Verde.[36]
00839 Musab Omar Ali Al Mudwani 2002-10-28
00840 Ha Il Aziz Ahmed Al Maythali 2002-10-28
00841 Sa id Salih Sa id Nashir 2002-10-28
01014 Walid Mohammed Shahir 2003-05-09 2004-03-31
01015 Hussein Salem Mohammed 2003-05-09 2014-11-20
01017 Omar Mohammed Ali Al Rammah 2003-05-09
01453 Sanad Ali Yislam Al-Kazimi 2004-09-20
01456 Hassan Mohammed Ali Bin Attash 2004-09-20
01457 Al Hajj Abdu Ali Sharqawi 2004-09-20
01463 Abdul Al Salam Al Hilal 2004-09-20
10013 Ramzi bin al-Shibh 2006-09-05
10014 Walid bin 'Attash 2006-09-05

See also

References

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  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Charlie Savage (2016-01-14). "Guantánamo Population Drops to 93 after 10 Prisoners Go to Oman". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-14. Oman, which shares a border with Yemen, also took in 10 lower-level detainees in 2015. Its acceptance of 20 men over the past 13 months has significantly aided the Obama administration's goal of repatriating or resettling all the men who have been recommended for transfer, most of whom have been languishing with that status since at least 2009 when a six-agency task force unanimously approved letting them go.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "US sends nine Yemeni Guantanamo inmates to Saudi Arabia". Al Jazeera. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-17. The United States has transferred nine Yemeni men to Saudi Arabia from the US military prison at Guantanamo, including an inmate who had been on a hunger strike since 2007, US officials said.
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  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "US transfers nine Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia as closure programme accelerated". The Daily Telegraph. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-17. Saturday's release marks the largest transfer since 10 Yemenis were sent to Oman in January. It is the first time Saudi Arabia has taken any former Guantanamo inmates.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Camila Domonoske (2016-08-16). "15 Guantanamo Bay Detainees Transferred To United Arab Emirates". National Public Radio. Two of the Afghan prisoners — Mohammed Kamin and Obaidallah, who only has one name — had been briefly charged in a military commission, The Miami Herald reports. The war crimes prosecutor dropped those charges.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Benjamin Wittes (2016-08-16). "A Big Guantanamo Transfer: Progress Towards the Site's Obsolescence". Lawfare.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 "Five Guantanamo Yemeni inmates sent to Oman and Estonia". BBC News. 2015-01-14. Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. The five men - in their 30s and 40s - were cleared for release since at least 2009, but US officials ruled out their return to Yemen, where the government is battling al-Qaeda rebels.
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  27. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Release No: NR-235-15, June 13, 2015, Detainee Transfer Announced". United States Department of Defense. 2015-06-13. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13. The United States is grateful to the Government of Oman for its humanitarian gesture and willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The United States coordinated with the Government of Oman to ensure these transfers took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures.
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  30. 1 2 3 4 5 Carol Rosenberg (2015-11-16). "U.S. sends 5 Guantánamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates". Miami Herald. With Congress pushing stricter restrictions on prisoner transfers, the Pentagon this weekend released five Yemenis from the prison camps at Guantánamo to resettle in the United Arab Emirates, an Arabian Gulf nation. None of the captives had ever been charged with a crime.
  31. ↑ Carol Rosenberg (2016-07-10). "Guantánamo downsizes again — Yemeni goes to Italy for resettlement". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-07-10. U.S. troops delivered a long-cleared Yemeni detainee to Italy over the weekend, the Pentagon disclosed Sunday, in a downsizing of the detention to 78 or fewer captives.
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  33. ↑ While other sites state he was sent to Saudi Arabia, the New York Times reports his host country is unknown.
  34. ↑ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-17. He was transferred to an undetermined country on April 16, 2016.
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  36. ↑ Charlie Savage (2016-12-04). "Guantánamo Detainee Is Sent to Cape Verde in First Transfer Since Trump Victory". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-12-04. Mr. Balzuhair is the second detainee that Cape Verde has resettled. In 2010, it took in a low-level detainee from Syria.
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