Salman Ebrahim 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 Al Khalifa was born on July 24, 1979, in Rifah, Bahrain. He is a member of the

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royal family of Bahrain, related to the king of Bahrain. Al Khalifa is a second cousin of the

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. Al Khalifa, like the other Bahrainis held in Guantanamo, has Joshua Colangelo-Bryan as his lawyer.

Official status reviews

Initially the Bush

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asserted that the

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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 ''Rasul v. Bush'', 542 U.S. 466 (2004), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that foreign nationals held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp could petition federal courts for writs of ''habeas corp ...

the

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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 Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants

Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush, the

set up the

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, which conducted annual reviews, which were, in theory, open to members of the press. Al Khalifa's status was reviewed in 2004 and 2005.

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. His assessment was five pages long, and was drafted on May 13, 2005. Camp commandant Jay W. Hood recommended his ''"transfer to the control of another country for continued detention."''

Release

The

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announced on November 5, 2005, that Salman had been released, and was one of three Bahraini detainees on their way home. On Thursday August 23, 2007, the ''

'' reported that Bahraini Member of Parliament

Mohammed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Khalid Ibrahim (, born 2 November 1964) is a Bahraini Islamist politician and a member of the Al-Menbar Islamic Society in Bahrain. He was an MP in the lower house of the Bahraini parliament, having been elected in the 2002 Bah ...

had called for the Bahrain government to provide financial compensation to the released men.

References

External links

'Help me' plea by Bay detainee
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