Khaled Ben Mustafa is a citizen of

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who was held in

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in the

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s, in

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. The

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reports that Mustafa was born on January 9, 1972, in

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. His Guantanamo

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was 236. Although originally convicted in France, his trial was overturned and he was released in February 2009. On February 17, 2010, the

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, a higher court, ordered a re-trial of Khaled Ben Mustafa and four other men. 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.

Official status reviews

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his tribunal. The memo accused him of the following:

Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment

On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization

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published formerly secret assessments drafted by

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analysts. Ben Mustafa assessment was three pages long, and recommended transfer to another country. His assessment was signed by camp commandant Jay W. Hood.

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,

Yasser Talal al Zahrani Yasser Talal al Zahrani (September 22, 1984 – June 10, 2006) was a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 93 ...

and Ali Abdullah Ahmed who died on June 10, 2006, in Guantanamo.Statement from Khalid Ben Mustapha on the Guantanamo Deceased
, '' cageprisoners.com'', 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

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French trial

Khaled Ben Mustafa, and four other French citizens, were convicted in 2007 of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise." 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

which they argued showed inappropriate cooperation between French and American officials. 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. According to the ''

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'', Philippe Meilhac, Ben Mustafa's lawyer, described Clement's request as ''"unprecedented"'':

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Former Guantánamo Prisoner Khaled Ben Mustapha Interviewed by Cageprisoners
April 21, 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mustafa, Khaled Ben Mustafa, Khalid Ben Mustafa, Khalid Ben Living people French people of Algerian descent Guantanamo detainees known to have been released 1972 births