Mishal Awad Sayaf Alhabri
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Mishal Awad Sayaf Alhabiri (Arabic: مشعل عواد سياف الهابري) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia
, who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 207.
American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1980, in Minawara, Saudi Arabia.
released 5,000 pages of documents about the detainees, in partial compliance with a court order
from US District Court Justice Jed Rakoff.
Those documents revealed that Alhabiri suffered life-changing brain damage
while in Guantanamo. Camp authorities attribute the brain damage to
a suicide attempt on January 16, 2003:
Fellow captives, on the other hand, attribute to the brain damage to a brutal beating by the camp's controversial Immediate Reaction Force. They say the IRF was entering all the cells on Alhabiri's cell block when all the captives were loudly objecting to an account of Koran abuse.
His Personal Representative filed the following statement on his behalf.
A Summary of Evidence memo
was prepared for
Mishal Awad Sayaf Alhabiri's
Administrative Review Board,
on 9 December 2004.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
The following primary factors favor continued detention
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
The DoD also released the memos for those 133 men. Mishal Awad Sayaf Alhabri was not on that list. His Board's recommendation memo was not released.
cites a Human Rights Watch
report that said Alhabri, and two other Saudis, were repatriated to Saudi custody on July 20, 2005.
As of May 26, 2006 the three remain held, without charge, in Riyadh
's al-Ha'ir prison
.
The article quotes Alhabri, his older brother, and released fellow captives who had been held in cells neighboring Alhabri's, who offered an alternative account of his injury — that he was injured while the camp's Immediate Reaction Force were entering the cells of captives who were yelling in outrage after witnessing the Koran being abused.
According to the article Alhabri has seizures, slurred speech, tremors and twitches, and memory lapses. He uses a wheelchair. The article's final paragraph quotes his older brother, and caregiver: "All the men who were released from Guantanamo, they are now leading a normal life, But Mishal can't walk, get himself a glass of water or go to the bathroom by himself. I just want him to go back the way he was before Guantanamo."
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, who was 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 United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, 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...
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 207.
American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1980, in Minawara, Saudi Arabia.
Brain damage
On March 3, 2006, the Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
released 5,000 pages of documents about the detainees, in partial compliance with a court order
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 US District Court Justice Jed Rakoff.
Those documents revealed that Alhabiri suffered life-changing brain damage
while in Guantanamo. Camp authorities attribute the brain damage to
a suicide attempt on January 16, 2003:
Fellow captives, on the other hand, attribute to the brain damage to a brutal beating by the camp's controversial Immediate Reaction Force. They say the IRF was entering all the cells on Alhabiri's cell block when all the captives were loudly objecting to an account of Koran abuse.
His Personal Representative filed the following statement on his behalf.
A Summary of Evidence memo
Summary of Evidence (ARB)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...
was prepared for
Mishal Awad Sayaf Alhabiri's
Administrative Review Board,
on 9 December 2004.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
The following primary factors favor continued detention
The following primary factors favor release or transfer
Board recommendations
In September 2007 the Department of Defense released an index to 133 captive's Boards memos containing the recommendations as to whether they should continue to be detained.The DoD also released the memos for those 133 men. Mishal Awad Sayaf Alhabri was not on that list. His Board's recommendation memo was not released.
Repatriation
ReutersReuters
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cites a Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...
report that said Alhabri, and two other Saudis, were repatriated to Saudi custody on July 20, 2005.
As of May 26, 2006 the three remain held, without charge, in Riyadh
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...
's al-Ha'ir prison
Al-Ha'ir Prison
Al-Ha'ir Prison is a Saudi Arabian maximum-security prison facility located approximately 25 miles south of Riyadh...
.
Washington Post interview
On March 1, 2007 the Washington Post published an article about Alhabri, and his family.The article quotes Alhabri, his older brother, and released fellow captives who had been held in cells neighboring Alhabri's, who offered an alternative account of his injury — that he was injured while the camp's Immediate Reaction Force were entering the cells of captives who were yelling in outrage after witnessing the Koran being abused.
According to the article Alhabri has seizures, slurred speech, tremors and twitches, and memory lapses. He uses a wheelchair. The article's final paragraph quotes his older brother, and caregiver: "All the men who were released from Guantanamo, they are now leading a normal life, But Mishal can't walk, get himself a glass of water or go to the bathroom by himself. I just want him to go back the way he was before Guantanamo."
See also
- SuicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
- Cerebral hypoxiaCerebral hypoxiaCerebral hypoxia refers to a reduced supply of oxygen to the brain. Cerebral anoxia refers to a complete lack of oxygen to the brain. There are four separate categories of cerebral hypoxia; in order of severity they are; diffuse cerebral hypoxia , focal cerebral ischemia, cerebral infarction, and...
- Guantanamo Bay detention camp suicide attempts