Abdul Qudus
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On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order
from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense
published a six page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants.
The first and only full list of captives, that the Department of Defense
published on May 15, 2006, listed 22 captives who were under 18 at the time of their capture.
But, in a report to Unicef the Department of Defense claimed that only eight minors had been held in Guantanamo.
When confronted by reporters the Department of Defense revised their report, asserting that twelve minors had been held at Guantanamo. According to the Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas at the University of California at Davis Abdul Qudus was one of the youths whose names were in dispute.
Court order
A court order is an official proclamation by a judge that defines the legal relationships between the parties to a hearing, a trial, an appeal or other court proceedings. Such ruling requires or authorizes the carrying out of certain steps by one or more parties to a case...
from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
published a six page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant
Abdul Qudus was one of the 38 captives the Bush Presidency determined had not been enemy combatants after all.The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants.
Controversy over the number of minors
There has been an ongoing controversy over the number of minors the USA has held in Guantanamo.The first and only full list of captives, that the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
published on May 15, 2006, listed 22 captives who were under 18 at the time of their capture.
But, in a report to Unicef the Department of Defense claimed that only eight minors had been held in Guantanamo.
When confronted by reporters the Department of Defense revised their report, asserting that twelve minors had been held at Guantanamo. According to the Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas at the University of California at Davis Abdul Qudus was one of the youths whose names were in dispute.