Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman
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Statement
Uthman did not participate in the hearing of his CSRT. But he dictated a statement that answered each allegation, point by point.Uthman denied all knowledge of the Tarnak Farms, and any participation in, or training for military operations. He stated that he had never even heard of "al-Qaeda" until after he was brought to Guantanamo.
He said he had traveled to Afghanistan to teach the Koran; that he had been prevented from leaving, first by the Taliban, and later by the opening of hostilities. He said when he arrived in Pakistan he voluntarily turned himself in to Pakistani authorities, who he expected would help him reach the Yemeni Embassy.
The final paragraph of his statement read:
- "The Detainee asks that the Tribunal make their decision with the truth and that all the information in his unclassified summary are lies and fabricated to hold him. He went to Pakistan and Afghanistan to teach the Koran and he taught the Koran in Yemen before he left for Pakistan. The Detainee states that he is innocent and the whole world is his witness."
First annual Administrative Review Board hearing
A three page 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 drafted for his
first annual Administrative Review Board
Administrative Review Board
The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
hearing.
The memo listed eighteen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and seven "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
Second annual Administrative Review Board hearing
A four page 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 drafted for his second
annual Administrative Review Board
Administrative Review Board
The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
hearing.
The memo listed twenty-seven "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and eight "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
Third annual Administrative Review Board hearing
A five page 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 drafted for his third
annual Administrative Review Board
Administrative Review Board
The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
hearing.
The memo listed thirty-two "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and eight "primary factors favor[ing] release or transfer".
External links
- The Black Hole of Guantánamo 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....
March 2, 2010 - Judge Rules Yemeni’s Detention at Guantánamo Based Solely on Torture 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....
April 4, 2010 - Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr.’s unclassified opinion (March 2010)
- Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr.’s revised unclassified opinion (April 2010)
- DOJ’s Troubled Case Against Uthman ProPublica, October. 8, 2010
- A Tale of 2 Gitmo Opinions: Ruling Altered to Hide Evidence of Dead, Tortured Witnesses – video report by Democracy Now!Democracy Now!Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...
- Mocking the Law, Judges Rule that Evidence Is Not Necessary to Hold Insignificant Guantánamo Prisoners for the Rest of Their Lives