ISN 10004 Status Released 12/16/08 | Occupation clergyman Name Mustafa Idir | |
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Born July 9, 1970Sidi M'Hamed, Algeria ( 1970-07-09 ) Detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp | ||
Dnevnik d mustafa ait idir
Mustafa Ait Idir (sometimes written as Ait Idr) is an individual formerly held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. Ait Idir was born in Algeria, but moved to Bosnia, married a Bosnian woman, and became a Bosnian citizen. Idir was arrested on October 18, 2001 on suspicion of participating in a conspiracy to bomb the United States Embassy. After their release following their acquittal, the six men were captured, on January 17, 2002, by American forces, who transferred them to Guantanamo Bay.
Contents
- Dnevnik d mustafa ait idir
- 10004 The unknown number
- Combatant Status Review
- Administrative Review Board
- Suing the US Government
- Thomas P Sullivans testimony before the US Senate Judiciary Committee
- Release
- References
Ait Idr has alleged brutal treatment there. He claims that guards beat him when he was shackled, and bent back his fingers, breaking them. (Idir has a black belt and was the Croatian martial arts champion.) During another alleged beating guards threw him onto a gravel path, where one guard jumped on him, with his full weight, causing a stroke that left part of his face paralyzed.
On 16 December 2008, Ait Idir was one of three prisoners released to Bosnia after he was found innocent.
10004 - The unknown number
Combatant Status Review
Ait Idir was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. The memo accused him of the following:
b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States or its coalition partners:- The detainee was arrested by Bosnian authorities on 18 October 2001.
- The detainee was arrested because of his involvement with a plan to attack the U.S. embassy located in Sarajevo.
Washington DC based Judge Joyce Hens Green extensively quoted a transcript from Idir's Combatant Status Review Tribunal when she decided that the Guantanamo tribunals violated the US Constitution.
Administrative Review Board
Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee might pose if released or transferred, and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention.
Ait Idir participated in his Administrative Review Board hearing.
Suing the US Government
The Washington Post reported on April 14, 2005 that Idir's lawyers initiated legal steps to sue the U.S. government to get the videotapes of the incidents with the Initial Reaction Force where he was injured. The IRF is supposed to videotape all of its interventions.
Thomas P. Sullivan's testimony before the US Senate Judiciary Committee
Thomas P. Sullivan is a lawyer who volunteered to serve as a pro bono attorney for several Guantanamo captives. On September 26, 2006 he testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, expressing his concerns about the bill that was to become the Military Commissions Act.
Sullivan's testimony quoted a long passage from Idr's Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Sullivan also reminded the Judiciary Committee that US District Court Judge Joyce Hens Green, who had been appointed to oversee the Guantanamo habeas cases following the Supreme Court's decision in Rasul, cited Mr. Idir's hearing as an example of the fundamental unfairness of the CSRT process. See 355 F. Supp. 2d 443 (D.D.C. 2005)."
Release
On 16 December 2008 Mustafa Idir, Boudella al Hajj and Mohammed Nechle were released to Bosnia. According to The Australian Idir told the Dnevni Avaz:
On March 3, 2009, El Khabar reported that the Bush administration forced Idir and the other two men to sign undertakings that they would not sue the US government for their kidnapping, before they would be released.