Salman Yahya Hassan Muhammad Rabeii (born June 30, 1979) is a citizen of

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, who was held in

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in the

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Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in

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. His detainee ID number was 508. Rabeii was cleared for release on December 1, 2016. He was transferred to

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with nine other men, on January 16, 2017.

Official status reviews

Originally the

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asserted that captives apprehended in the ''"

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"'' were not covered by the

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, and could be held indefinitely, without charge, and without an open and transparent review of the justifications for their detention. In 2004, the

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ruled, in

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, that Guantanamo captives were entitled to being informed of the allegations justifying their detention, and were entitled to try to refute them.

Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants

Following the Supreme Court's ruling the

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set up the

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. Scholars at the

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, led by Benjamin Wittes, listed the captives still held in Guantanamo in December 2008, according to whether their detention was justified by certain common allegations: * Salman Yahya Hassan Muhammad Rabeii was listed as one of the captives who ''"The military alleges ... took military or terrorist training in Afghanistan."'' * Salman Yahya Hassan Muhammad Rabeii was listed as one of the captives who ''"The military alleges ...

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."'' * Salman Yahya Hassan Muhammad Rabeii was listed as one of the captives whose ''"

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."'' * Salman Yahya Hassan Muhammad Rabeii was listed as one of the captives who was a

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. Summarized transcripts (.pdf)
from Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammed Rabeii's ''

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'' - pages 40-42 In the

s, it is the

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's responsibility to act like a Prosecutor, and compile and distribute the allegations against the detainee. During Rabeii's hearing, the Tribunal members asked the recorder to explain why the wording of the allegations, as read out, differed from the wording in copies they had been given to read.

Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment

On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization

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published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts. An 11-page Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment was drafted on February 29, 2008. It was signed by camp commandant

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. He recommended continued detention.

References

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