The Administrative Review Board is a

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body that conducts an annual review of the

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s held by the United States in

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in the

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base at Guantanamo Bay,

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. The purpose of the Board is to review whether the detainees still represent a threat.

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initially called the detainees "

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s." But, without a formal announcement of the policy change, the Bush Presidency changed their description to "

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". From July 2004 through March 2005, military authorities conducted a one-time

Combatant Status Review Tribunal The Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were esta ...

for each detainee, to confirm whether they had been properly been classified as an "enemy combatant". The Combatant Status Reviews were criticized by human rights workers because the detainees were not entitled to legal counsel, and did not know what allegations they had to defend themselves against, and the detainees had no presumption of innocence. The ARB was created in an attempt to mitigate the harsh results of potentially

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by allowing an annual review to determine whether the

should still be detained. The Combatant Status Reviews determined that 38 detainees were not illegal combatants after all. They determined that the rest of the detainees had been correctly classified as "enemy combatants" during their original, secret, classifications. The first set of Administrative Reviews took place between December 14, 2004 and December 23, 2005. The Boards met to consider the cases of al 463 eligible detainees. They recommended the release of 14 detainees, and the

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of 120 detainees to the custody of the authorities in their home countries. The

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(DoD) was under a

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from

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Judge

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to release the names of all the detainees by 6:00 p.m. EST on March 3, 2006. The Department of Defense ("DOD") did not meet this deadline. They delivered a CD-ROM with approximately 5,000 pages of documents at 6:20 pm. DoD had to take that CD-ROM back and issue a second copy that with redacted files that DoD decided not to release.

Factors for and against continued detention

As part of this release of documents the DoD released three

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files containing summaries of the factors for and against the release of some of the detainees. ARB_Factors_Set_1_944-1045.pdf ''

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'', March 3, 2006 These documents summarized the factors for and against the continued detention of 120 detainees. These documents contain the detainee's names. The DoD has not explained why they did not comply with Rakoff's court order and release the factors for and against the other 343 detainees. Some of the factors listed in favour of continued detention for some detainees were repetitions of allegations that had already been refuted during the detainee's Combatant Status Review Tribunals.

Summarized Transcripts of Administrative Review Board hearings

The DoD also released an incomplete set of four portable document format files containing summarized transcripts from administrative review board hearings.

ARB_Transcript_Set_1_395-584.pdf ARB, ARb or arb may refer to: Places * Ann Arbor (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code) * Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (IATA airport code) Brands and enterprises * ARB, Inc., predecessor of Primoris Services Corporation * American Research Bu ...

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ARB_Transcript_Set_2_585-768.pdf ARB, ARb or arb may refer to: Places * Ann Arbor (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code) * Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (IATA airport code) Brands and enterprises * ARB, Inc., predecessor of Primoris Services Corporation * American Research B ...

'', March 3, 2006 ARB_Transcript_Set_3_769-943_FINAL.pdf ''

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ARB_Transcript_Set_4_1431-1455.pdf ARB, ARb or arb may refer to: Places * Ann Arbor (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code) * Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (IATA airport code) Brands and enterprises * ARB, Inc., predecessor of Primoris Services Corporation * American Research B ...

'', March 3, 2006 Over the next six weeks the DoD released 15 more portable document format files containing transcripts. ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf ''

'', April 20, 2006 ARB_Transcript_Set_6_20255-20496.pdf ''

'', April 20, 2006 ARB_Transcript_Set_7_20497-20750.pdf ''

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ARB_Transcript_Set_8_20751-21016.pdf ARB, ARb or arb may refer to: Places * Ann Arbor (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code) * Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (IATA airport code) Brands and enterprises * ARB, Inc., predecessor of Primoris Services Corporation * American Research B ...

'', April 20, 2006 ARB_Transcript_Set_9_21017-21351.pdf ''

'', April 20, 2006 ARB_Transcript_Set_10_21352-21661.pdf ''

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ARB_Transcript_Set_16_22734-22821.pdf ARB, ARb or arb may refer to: Places * Ann Arbor (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code) * Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (IATA airport code) Brands and enterprises * ARB, Inc., predecessor of Primoris Services Corporation * American Research Bu ...

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ARB_Transcript_Set_17_22822-23051.pdf ARB, ARb or arb may refer to: Places * Ann Arbor (Amtrak station) (Amtrak station code) * Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (IATA airport code) Brands and enterprises * ARB, Inc., predecessor of Primoris Services Corporation * American Research Bu ...

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'', April 20, 2006 ARB_Transcript_Set_19_23264-23359.pdf ''

'', April 20, 2006 Most of these transcripts do not contain the detainees names. However, almost all the transcripts bear the detainee's Guantanamo ID number on the lower right hand corner of each page, and on April 20, 2006, and on May 15, 2006, the DoD released lists of the detainees, with their associated detainee IDs.list of prisoners (.pdf)
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'', April 20, 2006list of prisoners (.pdf)
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'', May 15, 2006 In early September 2007 the Department of Defense published additional documents from the second set of Review Board hearings convened in 2006. The Department published ten portable document format files. Less than twenty percent of the remaining captives participated in their hearings. The Department only published transcripts of the hearings for which captives chose to participate.

Releases

According to an article from the

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from April 22, 2006 the ARB had determined three detainees could be released and 107 detainees could be repatriated to the custody of their home country, yet they still remained in Guantanamo. Stuck in Guantánamo
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'', April 22, 2006 U.S. officials said their continued detention was due to concerns the detainees might be tortured or killed if they were returned or repatriated.

Observers

Very few of the Review Board hearings were observed by members of the press. Adam Brookes of the ''

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'' wrote, on April 8, 2005, about being allowed to sit in on the first Administrative Review Board hearing where observers were permitted. He wrote that over sixty Review Board hearings had been convened with no press attendance.

References

External links

Guantanamo Bay Detainee Administrative Review Board Decisions Completed
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I Have Not Seen An Ounce Of Democracy Here, Says Detainee

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, October 14, 2005
Inmates including Kuwaitis to be subject to certain procedures -- US

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, September 20, 2005 * ARB_Transcript_Set_1_395-584.pdf transcripts released under court order ''

'', March 3, 2006 United States Department of Defense Guantanamo Bay captives legal and administrative procedures