Guantánamo Special Coverage

Updated 6/28/2011

Who's still being held at Guantánamo

 

crosenberg@miamiherald.com

ISN 239 Shaker Aamer, Saudi born former UK resident. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 240 Abdullah Yahia Yusif alShibli, Saudi-born Yemeni.

ISN 242 Khaled Ahmad Qasim Mused, Yemeni.

ISN 244 Abdul Latif Nasir, Moroccan.

ISN 249 Muhammad Abdullah Muhammad al-Hamiri, Yemeni. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 251 Mohammad Sa'id S Bin Salman, Yemeni.

ISN 254 Muhammed Ali Husayn, Yemeni. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 255 Said Muhammed Salih Hatim, Yemeni. He won his habeas corpus lawsuit on Dec. 16, 2009, but the decision was vacated after the U.S. government appealed to the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit, which on Feb. 15, 2011 ordered the lower court to reconsider its ruling. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 257 Umar Bin Hamza Abdulayev, Tajik. Cleared for release through both Bush and Obama administration review processes, his lawyer notified the federal court that he fears for his life if repatriated. If a third country can't be found to resettle him safely, he says, he'd rather spend his life in U.S. detention. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 259 Fadil Hussein Saleh Hintif , Yemeni. He lost his habeas corpus lawsuit on Aug. 1, 2011. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 275 Abd Al Sabr Abd al Hamid, a Uighur Muslim from China. He won his habeas corpus detention lawsuit on Oct. 7, 2008, and is awaiting resettlement in a third country after spurning an offer to go to Palau with other Uighur captives who won the same lawsuit. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 280 Khalid Ali, a Uighur Muslim from China. He won his habeas corpus detention lawsuit on Oct. 7, 2008, and is awaiting resettlement in a third country after spurning an offer to go to Palau with other Uighur captives who won the same lawsuit. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 282 Hajiakbar Abdul Ghuper, a Uighur Muslim from China. He won his habeas corpus detention lawsuit on Oct. 7, 2008, and is awaiting resettlement in a third country after spurning an offer to go to Palau with other Uighur captives who won the same lawsuit. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 288 Mutij Sadiz Ahmad Sayab, Algerian. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 290 Ahmed Bin Saleh Belbacha, Algerian. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 309 Muieen Adeen al-Sattar, born in the United Arab Emirates. The Obama administration said on Sept. 21, 2012 that he had been cleared for release.

ISN 310 Djamel Ameziane, Algerian.

ISN 321 Ahmed Yaslam Saijid Kuman, Yemeni.

ISN 324 Mashour Abdullah Muqbel al Sabri, Yemeni. A federal judge upheld his indefinite detention Feb. 3, 2011, denying his habeas corpus petition.

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