- Obaidullah (detainee)
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Obaidullah Born (estimated) 1980 (age 30–31)
Khowst, AfghanistanArrested July 20, 2002
Miland Village, Ismail Khiel District, Khowst Province, AfghanistanCitizenship Afghanistan Detained at Bagram, Guantanamo Alternate name Obaydullah, Baidullah Bertola Obaidullah ISN 762 Charge(s) Charged on September 9, 2008
All charges dismissed on June 7, 2011[1]Status Still held in Guantanamo Obaidullah is a citizen of Afghanistan, currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba.[2] American intelligence analysts estimate that Obaidullah was born in 1980 in Khowst, Afghanistan.
As of August 11, 2011, Obaidullah has been held at Guantanamo for eight years ten months.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.defense.gov/news/Convening_Authority_8BAB.pdf
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ "Obaidullah - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/762-obaidullah.
External links
- Afghan Nobody Faces Trial by Military Commission Andy Worthington
- Amnesty International Blasts Obama for Delays and Injustice on Human Rights, Guantánamo and Terrorism Andy Worthington June 26, 2010
- Human Rights First blog: Military Commissions
- Human Rights First; The Case of Obaidullah, Afghan
Detainees facing charges before the Guantanamo military commission February 2004 Charges August 2004 Charges David Hicks (support)November 2005 Charges Omar Khadr (throwing grenade), Sufyian Barhoumi, Ghassan al-Sharbi, Jabran bin al-Qahtani, / Benyam Mohammed (all charges later dropped)January 2006 Charges June 2006 Ruling All tribunals are cancelled, following Supreme Court ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld that Military Commissions were unconstitutional.
Future charges are under the Military Commissions Act of 2006.February 2007 October 2007 Charges Mohamed Jawad (throwing grenade) All charges withdrawn and dismissed in July 2009January 2008 Charges Ahmed al-Darbi (conspiracy and providing support)February 2008 Charges Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ammar al-Baluchi (providing support), Ramzi bin al-Shibh (providing support), Mustafa al-Hawsawi (providing support), Mohammed al Qahtani (all charges dropped in May 2008), Ibrahim al-QosiMarch 2008 Charges May 2008 Charges Noor Uthman Muhammaed (charges dropped), Sufyian Barhoumi (charges dropped), Mohammed Kamin (rocket attack), Jabran bin al-Qahtani (all charges later dropped)June 2008 Charges July 2008 Charges September 2008 Charges Abaidullah (storing land mines)October 2008 Charges December 2008 Charges Controversies surrounding people captured during the War on Terror Guantanamo Bay
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