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Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa
Salman Ebrahim is a citizen of Bahrain who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. The Department of Defense reports that Al Khalifa was born on July 24, 1979, in Rifah, Bahrain. He is a member of the Al Khalifa royal family of Bahrain, related to the king of Bahrain. Al Khalifa is a second cousin of the King of Bahrain. Al Khalifa, like the other Bahrainis held in Guantanamo, has Joshua Colangelo-Bryan as his lawyer. Official status reviews Initially the Bush Presidency asserted that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to any captives apprehended in the ''" war on terror"'', and that these individuals could be held indefinitely without any open review of their status. However, in 2004, in Rasul v. Bush the United States Supreme Court ruled the captives had to be given an opportunity to hear the justifications for their detention, and an opportunity to try to refute those allegations. Office for the Administrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, also known as GTMO ( ), GITMO ( ), or simply Guantanamo Bay, is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It was established in 2002 by president Presidency of George W. Bush, George W. Bush to hold terrorism suspects and "illegal enemy combatants" during the "war on terror" following the September 11 attacks. , at least 780 people from 48 countries have been detained at the camp since its creation, of whom 756 had been released or transferred to other detention facilities, 9 Death in custody, died in custody, and 15 remain. Following the September 11 attacks, the U.S. United States invasion of Afghanistan, led a multinational military operation against Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001), Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to dismantle Al-Qaeda and capture its leader, Osama bin Laden. During the invasion, in November 2001, Bush Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
