Mohammed Ahmad Said Al Edah

Mohammed Ahmad Said Al Edah
Born	1962 (age 48–49) Hay al-Turbawi Ta'iz, Yemen
Detained at	Guantanamo
ISN	33
Status	Still held at Guantanamo
Occupation	Yemeni soldier (1982), worked at a Yemeni oil refinery

Mohammed Ahmad Said Al Edah is a citizen of Yemen currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] Joint Task Force Guantanamo estimate he was born in 1962, in Hay al-Turbawi Ta'iz, Yemen.

As of today al Edad has been confined in the Guantanamo camps for 9 years, 10 months and 5 days.^[2][3] He arrived there on January 17, 2002.^[4]

Habeas corpus petition

Twenty-nine pages from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal were made public, on July 13, 2005, when a writ of habeas corpus was filed on his behalf.^[5]

Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, reported that US District Court Judge Gladys Kessler ordered his release on August 17, 2009.^[6] Al Edah's habeas hearing lasted three days, much of it was held in camera, so Kessler could hear classified evidence. Rosenberg interviewed Kristin Wilhelm and Richard G. Murphy Jr., two of Al Adahi's defense attorneys. They said that Al Adahi had secured affidavits from other captives who had falsely denounced him.

Al Edah testified that his watch had a traditional analog face—with hands.^[6]

Revealed during the hearing was that Al Edah is suffering from heart disease, and that he had been offered heart surgery by camp medical officials.^[6]

In December 2009 Kessler cited the Department of Defense for contempt of court.^[7][8] She had ordered the Department of Defense to record his merits hearing, but this was not done. Officials asserted the lapse was "due to oversight and miscommunication." The Government is appealing Kessler's decision.

Release order and appeal

U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler ordered his release in late August 2009.^[9][10] After an examination of the classified evidence she concluded "brief attendance at Al Farouq and eventual expulsion simply do not bring him within the ambit of the Executive's power to detain."

The Department of Justice initiated an appeal of Kessler's release order on September 22, 2009.^[11][12]

On July 13, 2010, the decision to release Mohammed Ahmad Said Al Edah was reversed on appeal.^[13]

References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ JTF-GTMO (2007-03-16). "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba". Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/. Retrieved 2008-12-22.  mirror
3. ^ "Mohammed Ahmad Said al Edah - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/33-mohammed-ahmad-said-al-edah. 
4. ^ "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (ordered and consolidated version)". Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, from DoD data. Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhumanrights.ucdavis.edu%2Fresources%2Flibrary%2Fdocuments-and-reports%2Fgtmo_heightsweights.pdf&date=2009-12-21. 
5. ^ OARDEC (30 October 2004). "Mohammed Ahmad Said Al Edah v. George W. Bush". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 1–29. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_191-236.pdf#1. Retrieved 2007-11-24. 
6. ^ ^{a b c} Carol Rosenberg (2009-08-18). "Judge orders release of Yemeni from Guantánamo". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Fstory%2F1191864.html&date=2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 
7. ^ Jaclyn Belczyk (2009-12-10). "Federal judge finds Pentagon in contempt for failing to record Guantanamo testimony". The Jurist. Archived from the original on 2009-12-17. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjurist.law.pitt.edu%2Fpaperchase%2F2009%2F12%2Ffederal-judge-finds-pentagon-in.php&date=2009-12-17. 
8. ^ "Judge finds Pentagon in contempt in Gitmo case". Associated Press. 2009-12-10. Archived from the original on 2009-12-18. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5jiU5cU3FJ8zNc-hV6xmfGWBBfMlwD9CGK7B00&date=2009-12-18. 
9. ^ Carol Rosenberg (2009-08-19). "Judge orders release of Yemeni from Guantánamo". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2Fnews%2Famericas%2Fguantanamo%2Fstory%2F1192169.html&date=2009-08-21. 
10. ^ Del Quentin Wilber (2009-08-21). "Judge Orders Release of Yemeni Prisoner From Guantanamo". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F08%2F21%2FAR2009082103333.html%3Fhpid%3Dtopnews&date=2009-08-21. 
11. ^ Daphne Eviatar (2009-09-21). "Obama Administration Appeals Judge’s Order to Release Gitmo Detainee (sic)". Washington Independent. Archived from the original on 2009-09-02. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwashingtonindependent.com%2F60369%2Fobama-administration-appeals-judges-order-to-relase-gitmo-detainee&date=2009-09-22. 
12. ^ Carol Rosenberg (2009-09-22). "U.S. appeals judge's order to free Yemeni from Guantánamo". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-09-22. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2Fnews%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstory%2F1245858.html&date=2009-09-22. 
13. ^ Charlie Savage (2010-07-13). "Reversal Upholds Detention of Yemeni at Guantánamo". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/nyregion/14detain.html. 

External links

• Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Five: Captured in Pakistan Andy Worthington, September 29, 2010
• Human Rights First; Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010)
• What Does It Take To Get Out Of Obama’s Guantánamo? Andy Worthington December 14, 2009

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Name	Edah, Mohammed Ahmad Said Al-
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Date of birth	1962
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