Abdulah Alhamiri
Born	1979 (age 29–30)
Citizenship	United Arab Emirates
Detained at	Guantanamo
ISN	48
Charge(s)	No charge, held in extrajudicial detention

Abdulah Alhamiri (عبدالله الحميري) is a citizen of United Arab Emirates who was held in held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 48.

He was born on October 25, 1979, in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Contents 1 Combatant Status Review 2 Administrative Review Board 3 The following primary factors favor continued detention 4 The following primary factors favor release or transfer 5 Second annual Administrative Review Board 6 Third annual Administrative Review Board 7 Third annual Administrative Review Board hearing 7.1 Board recommendations 8 Writ of habeas corpus 9 Repatriation 10 References

Combatant Status Review

[edit] Administrative Review Board

Captives whose CSRT labelled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to judge whether the captive still posed a threat if repatriated to their home country.^[4]

Summary of Evidence memos were prepared for Abdulah Alhamiri's first and second annual Administrative Review Board hearings on February 23, 2005 and February 10, 2006.^[5][5] The two memos were identical, except the 2006 memo had one additional final factor favoring continued detention.

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. Approximately two weeks after September 11, 2001, detainee was taken to the front lines in Kabul, where he manned an observation post and constructed defensive positions.
2. The detainee stated that he does not like the American Government.
3. The detainee stated that Jihad is the duty of all Muslims and that if an Imam orders it then he would fight.
4. The detainee made it very clear that he would kill Americans if they came against Islam.

b. Training

1. Detainee received small arms training at a camp in Omarsaif [sic] and served as an interpreter for the camp physician.

c. Connections and Associations

1. The detainee was linked to various individuals suspected of being members of al Qaida.

d. Intent

1. The detainee stated that any Muslim who allies himself with an American forfeits Islam and paradise.
2. In June 2001 the detainee left the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and traveled to Afghanistan to conduct his personal Jihad.

e. Other Relevant Data

1. Detainee was a student at Portland State University and left the United States to help the Taliban build an Islamic State in Afghanistan.

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[edit] The following primary factors favor release or transfer

• N/A

[edit] Second annual Administrative Review Board

The Summary of Evidence memo drafted, on February 10, 2006 was identical to the one drafted for his first annual Administrative Review Board on February 23, 2005, except that one more factor was added to the sub-section titled "Other Relevant Data"^[6]:

The detainee continued to refuse to speak or answer questions posed to him during interviews.

[edit] Third annual Administrative Review Board

[edit] Third annual Administrative Review Board hearing

The Department of Defense published documents from the captives' third annual Administrative Review Board hearings on January 9, 2009.^[7] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdullah K Al Hamairi's third annual Administrative Review Board on May 15, 2007.^[8] The three page memo listed nineteen "primary factors favor[ing] continued detention" and one "primary factor favor[ing] release or transfer".

[edit] Board recommendations

One January 9, 2009, the Department of Defense published two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.^[9][10] The Board's recommendation was unanimous The Board's recommendation was redacted. England authorized his continued detention on September 17, 2007.

[edit] Writ of habeas corpus

A writ of habeas corpus was filed on Al-Hamiri's behalf, following the United States Supreme Court's June 12, 2008 ruling in Boumediene v. Bush, which overturned the provisions in the Detainee Treatment Act and Military Commissions Act, which had closed captives' access to habeas corpus.^[11][12]

[edit] Repatriation

On November 26, 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of the dates detainees left Guantanamo.^[13][14] Al Hamari was repatriated on August 1, 2008, along with another man, ISN 1165.^[15]

[edit] References