The United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...

 acknowledges holding Libyan detainees in Guantanamo.
A total of 778 detainees have been held in extrajudicial detention

Extrajudicial detention

Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...

 in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba

Cuba

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 since the camps opened on January 11, 2002. The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in 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...

. As of February 24, 2010, the camp population stood at 188.

On February 24, 2010, Albania

Albania

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 accepted the transfer of three former detainees, a Libyan, an Egyptian, and a Tunisian.

Libyan detainees at Guantanamo Bay

isn	name	status	notes
189	Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby is a citizen of Libya held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba....	Held
194	Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Al Futuri Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Al Futuri Muhammad Abd Allah Mansur Al Futuri is a citizen of Libya, who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that al-Futuri was born on December 1, 1968, in Al Rimi, Libya.-External links:...	Transferred	Released on December 18, 2006.
263	Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan is a citizen of Libya, currently held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on July 5, 1971, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia...	Held
557	Abu Sufian bin Qumu Abu Sufian bin Qumu Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Bin Qumu is a citizen of Libya who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba....	Transferred	Repatriated in the fall of 2007. In 2011, he emerged as a rebel leader in the Libyan civil war 2011 Libyan civil war The 2011 Libyan civil war was an armed conflict in the North African state of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Benghazi beginning on 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security...  against Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a... .
654	Abdel Hamid al-Ghazzawi Abdel Hamid al-Ghazzawi Abdel Hamid Ibn Abdussalem Ibn Mifta Al Ghazzawi is a citizen of Libya formerly held in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba because the United States believes that he is an enemy combatant....	Held	His case was considered by two Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The first Tribunal determined he had not been an "enemy combatant" after all. Then a second and a third extraordinary Tribunal were convened, in Washington, in his absence, which determined he was an enemy combatant.
685	Abdelrazak Ali Abdelrahman Abdelrazak Ali Abdelrahman Abdelrazak Ali Abdelrahman is a citizen of Algeria held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts report he was born on 17 July 1970, in Al Jilat, Libya....	Held
695	Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr is currently held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp.As of August 18, 2011, Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr has been held at Guantanamo for nine years.-External links:* Andy Worthington, May 10, 2010...	Held
708	Ismael Ali Faraj Ali Bakush Ismael Ali Faraj Ali Bakush Ismael Ali Faraj Ali Bakush is a citizen of Libyais held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.Joint Task Force Guantanamo report he was born on July 1, 1968, inAl-Khums, Libya....	Held
709	Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin is a citizen of Libya who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 709....	Transferred
727	Omar Deghayes Omar Deghayes Omar Deghayes is a Libyan citizen with residency status in the United Kingdom, who was arrested in Pakistan in 2002. He currently lives in the United Kingdom....	Transferred	His lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith Clive Stafford Smith Clive Adrian Stafford Smith OBE is a British [see talk] lawyer who specialises in the areas of civil rights and the death penalty in the United States of America....  alleges that Deghayes was blinded by pepper spray inside the Guantanamo prison.
761	Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan is a citizen of Libya, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that Zeidan was born on 6 November 1976, in Sorman, Libya....	Transferred	He was transferred to Jordan on November 2, 2007.