Ameen Mohammad Albakri
Ameen Mohammad Albakri | |
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| Born | 1969 al-Menorah, Yemen |
| Occupation(s) | Shrimp trader and gemstone merchant |
| Known for | Extrajudicial detention at Bagram Theater Internment Facility; subject of habeas corpus petitions |
Ameen Mohammad Albakri (أمين محمد البكري; born 1969) is currently subjected to extrajudicial detention at the United States' Bagram Theater Internment Facility.[1] Before his relocation to Bagram, reports indicate he was held in undisclosed CIA black sites starting in 2003.[2] In 2008, the Yafie tribe from Yemen demonstrated support by petitioning President Ali Abdullah Saleh to request Albakri’s transfer to Yemeni authorities.[3]
According to a habeas corpus filing, Albakri spent six months in CIA custody during 2003 prior to his transfer to Bagram, where he reportedly suffered torture methods such as electric shocks, physical beatings, and isolation.[4]
Life and arrest
Albakri was born in al-Menorah and worked as a married shrimp trader and gemstone merchant, supporting three children.[5] During a commercial trip to Bangkok, he vanished, prompting his family to conduct a six-month search until confirmation emerged of his capture by U.S. operatives.[5] Private investigators identified his last known whereabouts at a hotel in Bangkok before his disappearance.[5] Approximately one year later, the Red Cross informed his relatives that he was alive and detained at Bagram Airbase.
Habeas corpus submissions
Albakri was included among sixteen detainees whose joint habeas corpus petitions were reviewed by US District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton on January 31, 2007.[1] On April 2, 2009, Judge John D. Bates determined that Albakri and other detainees held at Bagram but apprehended outside Afghanistan qualify for habeas corpus protections similar to those afforded at Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[6][7]
Law professor Ramzi Kassem of City University of New York, providing pro bono representation for Albakri, emphasized the importance of maintaining the original Bagram facility as a crime scene due to documented abuses relevant across multiple detainee cases.[2] The temporary facility used since 2001 was replaced by a new complex in early 2009, with plans underway to demolish the former hangars for construction of new headquarters.
References
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