Khalid al-Odah

Khalid al-Odah

Khalid al-Odah is the father of Guantanamo Bay detainee Fawzi al-Odah and the founder of the Kuwaiti Family Committee, a group established in 2004 to heighten global awareness of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. [http://news.amnesty.org/mavp/mediaclip.nsf/0/FF1484383724BBDF80256F8100438389 Interview with Khalid Al-Odah, father of Fawzi Al-Odah who is detained in Guantanamo Bay] , "Amnesty International", January 6 2005] Over the past five years, Khalid has waged legal, media, and public relations campaigns to promote the need for due process for the prisoners at Guantanamo. In 2004, Khalid brought his son's case to the Supreme Court Rasul v. Bush/ al-Odah v. Bush. [http://www.law.duke.edu/publiclaw/supremecourtonline/certgrants/2003/rasvuni.html Rasul v. Bush & Al Odah v. United States] , "Duke University"]

Khalid is a retired lieutenant colonel in the Kuwait Air Force and has five children. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090101535.html Put My Son on Trial -- Or Free Him] , "Washington Post" - Op-Ed, September 1 2006] [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-04-18-odah-case_x.htm Prisoner's father hopes courts find, fix 'big mistake'] , "USA Today", April 18 2004] He is committed to seeking justice for his son and other detainees. Khalid lives in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

Al Odah commented on a poll on American's attitudes towards the Guantanamo detainees. [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-13-2006/0004473046&EDATE= Poll: Most U.S. Voters Say Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Deserve Legal Rights] , "Newswire", November 13 2006] The poll found that: [http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13777 Americans Disagree with Congress on Interrogation] , "Angus Reid", November 13 2006]
*Nearly 60 percent of the Americans surveyed, "...believe the prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay should either be granted a hearing before an independent judge or be released to their home countries."
*52 percent of the Americans surveyed, "...believe the Military Commissions Act, a new law created in October that denies "enemy combatants" the right to challenge their imprisonment in front of an independent judge, is unfair."
*Less than 20 percent of the Americans surveyed, "...believe that the detainees should be held indefinitely."

Al Odah said: [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-13-2006/0004473046&EDATE= Poll: Most U.S. Voters Say Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Deserve Legal Rights] , "Newswire", November 13 2006] :"I am heartened that so many Americans agree that my son and others in Guantanamo Bay deserve a hearing before an independent judge,"

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External links

* [http://www.kuwaitifreedom.org Kuwaiti Family Committee website]


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