Mohammed Mohammed Hassen
Encyclopedia
Mohammed Mohammed Hassen or Odaini (born 1983) is a citizen of Yemen
unlawfully detained from age eighteen to age twenty-six in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
The United States
has been detaining him all this time because it claimed that he is an enemy combatant
and his release would pose a thread to the security of the country.
Nevertheless on May 26, 2010, he won his habeas corpus
case and had his detention declared illegal by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
. In his 36-page opinion Judge Henry H. Kennedy concludes:
Mohammed Mohammed Hassen was released and sent back to Yemen in July 2010 after more than eight years in Guantanamo
Mark Falkoff told the Yemeni Times that he had to threaten legal action to get the Pentagon to release a list of the Yemenis who had already been cleared for release.
The Yemeni Times reported that the Pentagon had cleared some of the captives for release as early as June 2004 — which precedes the first Combatant Status Review Tribunal by over a month.
Hassen was finally repatriated on July 13, 2010.
Carol Rosenberg
, of the Miami Herald published the recently declassified "memorandum opinion" where US District Court Judge Henry H. Kennedy explained why he ordered Hassen's release.
Kennedy's opinion noted that Hassen was a student, on his first visit to other Yemeni students, staying at an off-campus student house, when he was captured.
He quoted from the CSR Tribunal testimony of eleven of the other thirteen men captured in that raid:
Muhammaed Yasir Ahmed Taher, Emad Abdalla Hassan, Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan
, Abdel Ghalib Ahmad Hakim
, Abdelaziz Kareem Salim al-Noofayee
, Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed
, Ahmed Abdul Qader
, Mohammed Ali Salem Al Zarnuki
, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed
, Omar Abu Bakr, Ravil Mingazov
, Jamil Ahmed Said Nassir
.
Kennedy noted that all of the other men captured during the raid who were able to identify Hassen confirmed that he was just a student.
Kennedy quoted from various documents prepared by military analysts that concluded, early in Hassen's detention, that he was not a threat.
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
unlawfully detained from age eighteen to age twenty-six in the 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...
.
The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
has been detaining him all this time because it claimed that he is an enemy combatant
Enemy combatant
Enemy combatant is a term historically referring to members of the armed forces of the state with which another state is at war. Prior to 2008, the definition was: "Any person in an armed conflict who could be properly detained under the laws and customs of war." In the case of a civil war or an...
and his release would pose a thread to the security of the country.
Nevertheless on May 26, 2010, he won his habeas corpus
Habeas corpus
is a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to his aid. Habeas corpus originated in the English legal system, but it is now available in many nations...
case and had his detention declared illegal by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a federal district court. Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a...
. In his 36-page opinion Judge Henry H. Kennedy concludes:
Mohammed Mohammed Hassen was released and sent back to Yemen in July 2010 after more than eight years in Guantanamo
Cleared for release but still detained
Mohammed Mohammed Hassen was cleared for release on June 26, 2006.Mark Falkoff told the Yemeni Times that he had to threaten legal action to get the Pentagon to release a list of the Yemenis who had already been cleared for release.
The Yemeni Times reported that the Pentagon had cleared some of the captives for release as early as June 2004 — which precedes the first Combatant Status Review Tribunal by over a month.
Hassen was finally repatriated on July 13, 2010.
Carol Rosenberg
Carol Rosenberg
Carol Rosenberg is a senior journalist, currently with the McClatchy News Service.Rosenberg works at the Miami Herald, which has provided extensive coverage of the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.-Biography:...
, of the Miami Herald published the recently declassified "memorandum opinion" where US District Court Judge Henry H. Kennedy explained why he ordered Hassen's release.
Kennedy's opinion noted that Hassen was a student, on his first visit to other Yemeni students, staying at an off-campus student house, when he was captured.
He quoted from the CSR Tribunal testimony of eleven of the other thirteen men captured in that raid:
Muhammaed Yasir Ahmed Taher, Emad Abdalla Hassan, Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan
Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan
Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan is a Palestiniancurrently held in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.As of August 10, 2011, Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan has been held at Guantanamo for nine years two months.-External links:...
, Abdel Ghalib Ahmad Hakim
Abdel Ghalib Ahmad Hakim
Abdel Ghalib Ahmad Hakim is a citizen of Yemen, currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.Hakim's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 686....
, Abdelaziz Kareem Salim al-Noofayee
Abdelaziz Kareem Salim al-Noofayee
Abdelaziz Kareem Salim al-Noofayee is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba until 2009.Abdalaziz Kareem Salim al Noofayaee was captured in Pakistan in March 2002 and transferred to Saudi Arabia on 12 June 2009....
, Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed
Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed
Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed is a Yemeni currently held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1977, in Debab, Yemen....
, Ahmed Abdul Qader
Ahmed Abdul Qader
Ahmed Abdul Qader is a citizen of Yemen, currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense estimated that he was born in 1984, in Sana'a, Yemen and assigned him the Internment Serial Number 690...
, Mohammed Ali Salem Al Zarnuki
Mohammed Ali Salem Al Zarnuki
Mohammed Ali Salem Al Zarnuki is a citizen of Yemen, currently held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba....
, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed
Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed
Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed is a citizen of Yemenwho was unlawfully detained in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.Judge Gladys Kessler ordered his release on May 5, 2009 following a habeas corpus review that showed that the government did not have the right to hold him.He was...
, Omar Abu Bakr, Ravil Mingazov
Ravil Mingazov
Ravil Mingazov is a citizen of Russia currently detained in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that Mingazov was born on 5 December 1967, in Bolsheretski, Russia....
, Jamil Ahmed Said Nassir
Jamil Ahmed Said Nassir
Jamil Ahmed Said Nassir is a citizen of Yemencurrently held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba....
.
Kennedy noted that all of the other men captured during the raid who were able to identify Hassen confirmed that he was just a student.
Kennedy quoted from various documents prepared by military analysts that concluded, early in Hassen's detention, that he was not a threat.
External links
- U.S. considers partially lifting ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen The Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
June 19, 2010 - Why is a Yemeni Student in Guantánamo, Cleared on Three Occasions, Still Imprisoned? Andy WorthingtonAndy WorthingtonAndy Worthington is a British historian, journalist, and film director.He has published three books, and been published in numerous publications.In 2009 Worthington was the co-director of a documentary about the Guantanamo detainees....
6 June 2010 - Transcripts show confusion, ire at Guantanamo tribunals
- Government denies knowledge of 14 released Guantanamo prisoners
- Mohammed Mohammed Hassan Odaini--Cleared for release but still detained
- Judge Henry H. Kennedy's opinion (redacted)
- Human Rights First; Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010)