Who's still being held at Guantánamo

 

crosenberg@miamiherald.com

This is the list of detainees currently held at Guantánamo. McClatchy Newspapers and The Miami Herald consulted court and other public records as well as sources in tandem with secret U.S. military intelligence summaries provided by WikiLeaks to determine who was still being held there.

Clicking on the name will take you to the summary, which is based on U.S. intelligence that was considered valid at the time the summary was written, although the captives' attorneys generally dispute these findings.

In most cases, the summary also includes a photo of the detainee.

In January 2010, a federal, Obama administration task force sorted the detainees into separate categories, which we've incorporated those decisions in this list unless the government has specifically said something publicly to reflect a change in that status.

Note: No intelligence summary was available for two detainees, who were processed after the era that the Wikileaks documents captured. Instead we are providing links to the Defense Department news releases announcing their transfer to Guantánamo.

Spellings of names may vary from other documents, reports. So we've included the U.S Internment Serial Number, or ISN, along with a form of each captive's name.

ISN 4 Abdul Haq Wasiq, Afghan. A multi-agency federal task force classified him in January 2010 as “continued detention pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001), as informed by principles of the laws of war," an indefinite detainee.

ISN 6 Mullah-Norullah Nori, Afghan. A multi-agency federal task force classified him in January 2010 as “continued detention pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001), as informed by principles of the laws of war," an indefinite detainee.

ISN 7 Mohammed A Fazl, Afghan. A multi-agency federal task force classified him in January 2010 as “continued detention pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001), as informed by principles of the laws of war," an indefinite detainee.

ISN 26 Fahed A Ghazi, Yemeni. In January 2010, a federal task force approved him for conditional return to his homeland, a third country or transfer to the United States if the prison camps in Cuba are closed. It said he was eligible for conditional release, if the security situation in Yemen improves -- or a viable third-country settlement or rehabilitation program is found.

ISN 27 Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman, Yemeni. He won his habeas corpus lawsuit on Feb. 24, 2010 but lost after the U.S. government appealed to the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit, which overturned the release order on March 29, 2011. A multi-agency federal task force classified him in January 2010 as “continued detention pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001), as informed by principles of the laws of war," an indefinite detainee.

ISN 28 Moath al Alwi, Yemeni. A federal judge upheld his indefinite detention on Dec 30, 2008, denying his habeas corpus petition. A multi-agency federal task force classified him in January 2010 as “continued detention pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001), as informed by principles of the laws of war," an indefinite detainee.

ISN 29 Mohammed al-Ansi, Yemeni. A multi-agency federal task force classified him in January 2010 as “continued detention pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001), as informed by principles of the laws of war," an indefinite detainee.

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