Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani
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Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan
currently held in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
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American Intelligence analysts
estimated that Rabbani was born in 1969.
By July 23, 2011, Abdul Rabbani Abd al Rahim Abu Rahman had been held at Guantanamo for six years and 10 months.
, Rabbani, and his brother, Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani
, were being held in the CIA black site
known as "the salt pit" at the same time as him.
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In response, on December 13, 2005 the Department of Defense published a fourteen page dossier of unclassified documents arising from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
His Summary of Evidence memo was drafted on November 10, 2004.
The documents indicate a USAF Major, his Personal Representative
, recorded on the detainee election form that they met
for half an hour on 17 November 2004 to discuss his upcoming Tribunal. His Personal Representative's notes state he chose not to attend his Tribunal.
Tribunal panel 21 convened 23 November 2004 and confirmed his "enemy combatant status".
The decision memo drafted by the Tribunal states it reached this conclusion based on classified evidence.
Unusually this Tribunal was not convened in Guantanamo, and the Personal Representative who met with him was not present. The Department of Defense has not offered an explanation as to why this Tribunal was not convened in Guantanamo.
His name is spelled both as "Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani" and "Abu Rahim Moulana Gulam Rabbani" in the document.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
currently held in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
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American Intelligence analysts
Intelligence (information gathering)
Intelligence assessment is the development of forecasts of behaviour or recommended courses of action to the leadership of an organization, based on a wide range of available information sources both overt and covert. Assessments are developed in response to requirements declared by the leadership...
estimated that Rabbani was born in 1969.
By July 23, 2011, Abdul Rabbani Abd al Rahim Abu Rahman had been held at Guantanamo for six years and 10 months.
Detention in "the salt pit"
According to Laid SaidiLaid Saidi
Laid Saidi is an Algerian who has claimed that he was imprisoned, for several years, in a CIA black site in Afghanistan called "the salt pit"....
, Rabbani, and his brother, Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani
Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani
Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan currently held by the United States military at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.American Intelligence analysts estimated that Rabbani was born in 1970, in al Medinah, Saudi Arabia....
, were being held in the CIA black site
Black site
In military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black project is conducted. Recently, the term has gained notoriety in describing secret prisons operated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency , generally outside of U.S. territory and legal jurisdiction. It...
known as "the salt pit" at the same time as him.
Habeas petition
A habeas submission was submitted on his behalf to US District Court Judge Ricardo M. UrbinaRicardo M. Urbina
Ricardo M. Urbina is a United States District Court judge in Washington, DC. He has taken senior status.Urbina earned a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1967. He received his law degree from the Law Center at Georgetown University in 1970. He began his legal career as a public defender. He...
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In response, on December 13, 2005 the Department of Defense published a fourteen page dossier of unclassified documents arising from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
His Summary of Evidence memo was drafted on November 10, 2004.
The documents indicate a USAF Major, his Personal Representative
Personal Representative (CSRT)
The Personal Representative is an officer who serves before the Combatant Status Review Tribunals, convened for the captives the United States holds in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.-History of the Tribunals:...
, recorded on the detainee election form that they met
for half an hour on 17 November 2004 to discuss his upcoming Tribunal. His Personal Representative's notes state he chose not to attend his Tribunal.
Tribunal panel 21 convened 23 November 2004 and confirmed his "enemy combatant status".
The decision memo drafted by the Tribunal states it reached this conclusion based on classified evidence.
Unusually this Tribunal was not convened in Guantanamo, and the Personal Representative who met with him was not present. The Department of Defense has not offered an explanation as to why this Tribunal was not convened in Guantanamo.
His name is spelled both as "Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani" and "Abu Rahim Moulana Gulam Rabbani" in the document.
Hunger strike
Rabbani and his brother participated in the hunger strike that started on August 8, 2005.External links
- UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq Andy Worthington, June 16, 2010