Akhtiar Mohammed (Guantanamo detainee 969)

:"For other individuals named some variant of Akhtiar Mohammed see Akhtiar Mohammed.Akhtar Mohammed is a citizen of Afghanistan, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006]

Most of the detainees whose names were released on May 15 2006 list the detainee's birthdate or estimated birthdate, and their place of birth. [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006] Mohammed's birthdate and place of birth are listed as unknown. His detainee number is 969.

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct a 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.

Mohammed was released prior to the initiation of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals in July 2004.

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