Khalid al-Odah
Encyclopedia
Khalid al-Odah is the father of Guantanamo Bay detainee, Fawzi al-Odah, and the founder of the Kuwaiti Family Committee
, a group established in 2004 to heighten global awareness of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. Over the past five years, Khalid has waged legal, media, and public relations campaigns to promote the need for due process for the prisoners at Guantanamo. In 2004, Khalid brought his son's case to the Supreme Court Rasul v. Bush
/ al-Odah v. Bush.
Khalid is a retired lieutenant colonel
in the Kuwait Air Force and has five children.
He is committed to seeking justice for his son and other detainees. Khalid lives in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Al Odah commented on a poll on American's attitudes towards the Guantanamo detainees.
The poll found that:
Al Odah said:
On October 28, 2011, CNN
reporter Jenifer Fenton visited Khalid al-Odah's house, where she met and interviewed several former Guantanamo captives, including Fouad al Rabiah and Abd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri
.
Fenton reported that former captives routinely met at al Odah's house for moral support.
Kuwaiti Family Committee
The is an organization that was formed in 2004 by relatives of the Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo Bay. The Committee advocates for due process for the detainees.Khalid al-Odah is the founder of the Kuwaiti Family Committee...
, a group established in 2004 to heighten global awareness of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. Over the past five years, Khalid has waged legal, media, and public relations campaigns to promote the need for due process for the prisoners at Guantanamo. In 2004, Khalid brought his son's case to the Supreme Court Rasul v. Bush
Rasul v. Bush
Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that the U.S. court system has the authority to decide whether foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay were wrongfully imprisoned...
/ al-Odah v. Bush.
Khalid is a retired lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
in the Kuwait Air Force and has five children.
He is committed to seeking justice for his son and other detainees. Khalid lives in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Al Odah commented on a poll on American's attitudes towards the Guantanamo detainees.
The poll found that:
- Nearly 60 percent of the Americans surveyed, "...believe the prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay should either be granted a hearing before an independent judge or be released to their home countries."
- 52 percent of the Americans surveyed, "...believe the Military Commissions Act, a new law created in October that denies "enemy combatants" the right to challenge their imprisonment in front of an independent judge, is unfair."
- Less than 20 percent of the Americans surveyed, "...believe that the detainees should be held indefinitely."
Al Odah said:
- "I am heartened that so many Americans agree that my son and others in Guantanamo Bay deserve a hearing before an independent judge,"
On October 28, 2011, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
reporter Jenifer Fenton visited Khalid al-Odah's house, where she met and interviewed several former Guantanamo captives, including Fouad al Rabiah and Abd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri
Abd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri
-Summary of Evidence memo:A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared forAbd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri'sAdministrative Review Board,on20 April 2005.The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention....
.
Fenton reported that former captives routinely met at al Odah's house for moral support.