Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay

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The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding Tunisian detainees in Guantanamo. [1] A total of 779 detainees have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002 The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. [2] 37 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay. [3] By July 2012 the camp held 168 captives.

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On February 24, 2010, Carol Rosenberg, of the Miami Herald , reported that Albania accepted the transfer of three former detainees, a Tunisian, Saleh Bin Hadi Asasi and Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad and Rauf Omar Mohammad Abu al Qusin, an Egyptian, and a Libyan. [2] [4] [5] The men will not be allowed to leave Albania.

On July 27, 2012, Tunisia Live asserted the five remaining Tunisian captives would be repatriated by the end of 2012. [6]

Previously, the risk of torture under the Ben Ali regime meant the five Tunisian detainees could not safely return home. Now, with Tunisia's democratic transition in full effect, there is nothing to prevent these Tunisian citizens returning to their country. [7]

Tunisian detainees in Guantanamo

isn namearrival
date		departure
date		notes
38 Ridah Bin Saleh Al Yazidi 2002-01-12
46 Salah Bin Al Hadi Asasi 2002-01-202010-02-24Transferred to Albania [8]
148 Adil Ben HMIDA Mabrouk 2002-02-092009-11-30Transferred to Italy for criminal prosecution
168 Adel bin Ibrahim Hkiml [9] 2014-12-30Transferred to Kazakhstan
174 Hisham Sliti 2002-05-012014-11-20Transferred to Slovakia
502 Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess Ourgy 2002-05-012014-12-08granted asylum in Uruguay
510 Riyad Bil Mohammed Tahir Nasseri 2002-06-082009-11-30Transferred to Italy for criminal prosecution
660 Lufti Bin Swei Lagha 2002-06-142007-06-17
717 Abdul Haddi Bin Hadiddi 2002-08-052010-03-23Transferred to Georgia
721 Abdullah Bin Omar 2002-08-052007-06-17
892 Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jalud Al Hami 2003-02-072010-01-24Transferred to Slovakia
894 Lufti Bin Ali 2003-02-072014-12-30Transferred to Kazakhstan

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  1. ↑ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense . Retrieved 2006-05-15. Wikisource-logo.svg Works related to List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006 at Wikisource
  2. 1 2 "Guantanamo four arrive in Europe". BBC News. 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-02-24. A Tunisian, Egyptian and Libyan were sent to Albania, while a Palestinian was sent to Spain. The Palestinian is the first of five inmates that Spain has agreed to take. Albania has taken eight detainees.
  3. ↑ "The Detainees - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Carol Rosenberg (2010-02-24). "Judge OKs detention of 2 men Bush panel cleared". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25.
  5. ↑ Chris Wade (2010-02-24). "Four Guantanamo Bay detainees arrive in Albania and Spain". Digital Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-08-21.
  6. ↑ "Tunisian Guantanamo Detainees to be Released By End of 2012". Tunisia Live. 2012-07-27. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-07-26. Tunisian Secretary of State for American and Asian Affairs, Hedi Ben Abbes, stated in an interview with Tunisia Live that the five Tunisians still remaining in the U.S Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay will be back to Tunisia by the end of this year.
  7. ↑ "Unknown Fate for Forgotten Tunisians at Guantánamo Bay". Tunisia Live. 2012-07-27. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-07-26. Since the Revolution, Tunisia has been proactive in implementing policies that respect the human rights of its citizens. However, the Tunisian government still has not succeeded in resolving the issues surrounding the five remaining prisoners at Guantánamo.
  8. ↑ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Saleh Bin Hadi Asasi". New York Times . Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  9. ↑ His arrival date was not documented.
  1. ↑ Countries of Citizenship of Guantanamo detainees from the New York Times
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