Khaled Ben Mustafa is a citizen of
France who was held in
extrajudicial detention
Administrative detention is arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial. A number of jurisdictions claim that it is done for security reasons. Many countries claim to use administrative detention as a means to combat terrorism ...
in the
United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in
Cuba.
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The
Department of Defense reports that Mustafa was born on January 9, 1972, in
Lyon,
France.
His Guantanamo
Internment Serial Number An Internment Serial Number (ISN) is an identification number assigned to captives who come under control of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) during armed conflicts.
History
On March 3, 2006, in compliance with a court order from D ...
was 236.
Although originally convicted in France, his trial was overturned and he was released in February 2009.
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On February 17, 2010, the
Court of Cassation, a higher court, ordered a re-trial of Khaled Ben Mustafa and four other men.
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On January 18, 2012,
Sophie Clement, the investigating magistrate in Ben Mustafa's case, requested permission from the USA to travel to Guantanamo to investigate the claims Ben Mustafa and other men had made that they were tortured there.
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Official status reviews
A
Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:
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Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment
On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization
WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by
Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts.
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Ben Mustafa assessment was three pages long, and recommended transfer to another country.
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His assessment was signed by camp commandant
Jay W. Hood
Jay W. Hood is a retired United States Army major general. His final assignment was as Chief Of Staff of the United States Central Command. His previous assignments include Commander of First Army Division East, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland; Co ...
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Comments on the June 10, 2006 simultaneous death of three Guantanamo detainees
On June 23, 2006, Mustafa wrote about the deaths of the three detainees
Mana Shaman Allabardi al Tabi
Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi
(1976 – June 10, 2006) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia, who was arrested in 2001 in Pakistan and held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba from early ...
,
Yasser Talal al Zahrani and
Ali Abdullah Ahmed
Ali Abdullah Ahmed, also known as Salah Ahmed al-Salami (Arabic: علي عبدالله احمد) (August 1, 1979 – June 10, 2006), was a citizen of Yemen who died whilst being held as an enemy combatant in the United States Guantanamo Bay de ...
who died on June 10, 2006, in Guantanamo.
Statement from Khalid Ben Mustapha on the Guantanamo Deceased
, ''cageprisoners.com
Cage is a London-based advocacy organisation which aims to empower communities impacted by the War on Terror. Cage highlights and campaigns against state policies, developed as part of the War on Terror. The organisation was formed to raise awa ...
'', June 23, 2006
Mustafa knew all three men.
He said Yasser had invited him to visit him, in Saudi Arabia, once they were released. This suggested to Mustafa that Yasser really didn't commit suicide. Mustafa said all three men had memorized the entire Koran.
French trial
Khaled Ben Mustafa, and four other French citizens, were convicted in 2007 of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise."[
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They had their convictions overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009. Their convictions were overturned because they were based on interrogations conducted in Guantanamo, and the interrogations were conducted by French security officials, not law enforcement officials.
On February 17, 2010, a higher court of appeals, the Court of Cessations, re-instated the charges against the six men.[ On January 20, 2011, Mustafa`s lawyers cited diplomatic cables published by whistleblower organization WikiLeaks which they argued showed inappropriate cooperation between French and American officials.][
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On January 18, 2012, Sophie Clement, the Chief Investigating Magistrate in the six men's case, requested permission to go to Guantanamo, to investigate the claims of Ben Mustafa and the other men that they had been tortured. She requested access to the internal documents about the men.
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According to the '' Associated Press'',
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* Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present)
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* Prince Philippe, Coun ...
, Ben Mustafa's lawyer, described Clement's request as ''"unprecedented"'':
References
External links
Former Guantánamo Prisoner Khaled Ben Mustapha Interviewed by Cageprisoners
April 21, 2011
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Mustafa, Khalid Ben
Mustafa, Khalid Ben
Living people
French people of Algerian descent
Guantanamo detainees known to have been released
1972 births