Muhhammad Said Bin Salem

Muhhammad Said Bin Salem is a citizen of Yemen, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] His detainee ID number is 251. The Department of Defense reports that Bin Salem was born on April 25, 1975, in Hadramaut, Yemen.

As of August 12, 2011, Muhhammad Said Bin Salem has been held at Guantanamo for nine years six months.^[2]

Habeas corpus petition

A writ of habeas corpus was filed on Muhhammad Said Bin Salem's behalf.

Cleared for release for many years but still in Guantanamo

Mark Falkoff told the Yemeni Times that he had to threaten legal action to get the Pentagon to release a list of the Yemenis who had already been cleared for release.^[3] The Yemeni Times reported that the Pentagon had cleared some of the captives for release as early as June 2004 — which precedes the first Combatant Status Review Tribunal by over a month.

References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ "Muhhammad Said Bin Salem - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/251-muhhammad-said-bin-salem. 
3. ^ Amel Al-Ariqi (March 11, 2007). "Yemeni detainees are the largest group at Guantánamo". Yemen Times. http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1032&p=front&a=1. Retrieved 2007-03-15. 

External links

• Abandoned in Guantánamo: WikiLeaks Reveals the Yemenis Cleared for Release for Up to Seven Years Andy Worthington
• Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Four: Captured Crossing from Afghanistan into Pakistan (2 of 2) Andy Worthington

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