Said Boujaadia
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Testimony
The Department of Defense did not release a transcript of Boujaadia's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, implying he chose not to participate.First annual Administrative Review Board
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary 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 Said Boujaadia's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 19 August 2005.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
Transcript
There is no record that Said Boujaadia participated in his first annual Board hearing.Second annual Administrative Review Board
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary 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 Said Boujaadia's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 16 September 2006.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
Transcript
There is no record that Said Boujaadia participated in his first annual Board hearing.Board recommendations
In early September 2007 the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.The Board's recommendation was unanimous
The Board's recommendation was redacted.
England authorized his transfer on January 17, 2007.
Repatriation
A Moroccan named "Saïd Boujaâdia", three Sudanese captives, and five Afghan captives were repatriated to the custody of their home countries on May 1, 2008.The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
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reports that Saïd Boujaâdia was in the custody Moroccan judicial police in Casablanca.
The identity of the five Afghan repatriates was not made public.
The three Sudanese men were Sami Al Hajj, Yacoub al-Amir and Walid Ali.
Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
reports that the nine repatriates were the first captives to be repatriated in 2008.
Moroccan sentencing
The Miami Herald reported that Boujaâdia's trial in a Moroccan court concluded on 14 November 2008.He received a ten year sentence.
External links
- The Ordeal of Moroccan Prisoner Said al-Boujaadia Andy Worthington