Muhammed Khan Tumani

Muhammed Khan Tumani
Born	January 7, 1982 (1982-01-07) (age 29) Halab, Syria
Detained at	Guantanamo
Alternate name	Mohammed al Tumani Muhammad Abd al Nasir Khantumani
ISN	312
Status	Released to Portugal

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

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.^[3][4] 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.^[3]

References

1. ^ "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. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2006-05-15. 
2. ^ http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/guant%C3%A1namo-prisoner-despair-urgently-seeks-relief
3. ^ ^{a b} Carol Rosenberg (2009-08-31). "Court documents name detainees sent to Portugal". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Fstory%2F1210582.html&date=2009-08-31. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
4. ^ OARDEC (2004). "Civil Action No. 05-CV-0526". United States Department of Justice. pp. pages 3–30. Archived from the original on 2009-08-31. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.miamiherald.com%2Fsmedia%2F2009%2F08%2F31%2F10%2Fportugal2.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf&date=2009-08-31. 

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

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Name	Khan Tumani, Mohammed
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Date of birth	January 7, 1982
Place of birth	Halab, Syria
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