Abdul Majid Muhammed
Abdul Majid Muhammed | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 Zahedan, Iran |
| Occupation | Detainee |
| Known for | Detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp |
Abdul Majid Muhammed (), born in 1978 in Zahedan, Iran, is an Iranian national who was held without formal charges at the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. Assigned Internment Serial Number 555, he was apprehended in Afghanistan and subsequently repatriated to Iran on October 11, 2006.
Press coverage
On March 15, 2006, The Guardian reported allegations that Muhammed had served as a night guard for the Taliban.
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Initially, the Bush administration argued that detainees captured during the war on terror did not qualify for protections under the Geneva Conventions, a position that faced legal challenges due to the absence of appropriate tribunals to determine prisoner of war status.
To address this, the Department of Defense implemented Combatant Status Review Tribunals. These tribunals were not designed to establish lawful combatant status but rather to decide if detainees met the administration’s criteria for being considered enemy combatants.
Summary of Evidence memo
A Summary of Evidence memo regarding Abdul Majid Muhammed’s Combatant Status Review Tribunal was drafted on December 3, 2004.
Transcript
Muhammed took part in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal session held on December 10, 2004.
Tribunal documentation
Lieutenant Commander Peter C. Bradford, serving as a legal advisor from the Judge Advocate General's Corps to the CSR Tribunals, authored a Legal Sufficiency Review dated February 5, 2005.
His case was examined by the 12th panel of officers during the Combatant Status Review Tribunal. The tribunal president was a colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve; the Judge Advocate General officer held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Army; and the third member was a lieutenant colonel from the United States Air Force.
Findings
The CSR Tribunal for Abdul Majid Mujahid determined that his classification as an enemy combatant was appropriate:
Abdul Majid Muhammed v. George W. Bush
A writ of habeas corpus petition was submitted on behalf of Abdul Majid Muhammed. The Department of Defense published a 32-page set of unclassified documents related to his CSR Tribunal.[1]
A declaration by Commander Teresa M. Palmer, a Judge Advocate General's Corps legal advisor to the CSR Tribunals, was dated August 15, 2005.[1]
Administrative Review Board hearing
Detainees confirmed as "enemy combatants" were subject to annual Administrative Review Board (ARB) hearings to reassess their cases.[2]
These ARBs did not have authority to reconsider POW status or enemy combatant designation. Their purpose was to determine whether detainees continued to pose a threat justifying detention or if they could be safely released or returned home.
Summary of Evidence memo
On August 12, 2005, a Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdul Majid Muhammed’s Administrative Review Board.
This document outlined reasons supporting continued detention as well as arguments favoring release or transfer.
Factors supporting continued detention
Factors supporting release or transfer
Transcript
Muhammed took part in his Administrative Review Board session.
In the spring of 2006, following a judicial directive issued by Jed Rakoff, the Department of Defense released an eight-page condensed transcript from his Administrative Review Board hearing.
External links
- Meltdown at the Guantánamo Trials Andy Worthington