Imad Achab Kanouni
Imad Achab Kanouni | |
|---|---|
| Born | France |
| Occupation | Former detainee |
| Known for | Detention at Guantanamo Bay |
Imad Achab Kanouni is a French national who was subjected to extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay facility located in Cuba. He was apprehended in Afghanistan in 2001 and subsequently repatriated to France on July 26, 2004. According to French legislation, individuals in Kanouni's situation may be detained under judicial oversight for a maximum period of three years.
On July 9, 2005, Kanouni was freed from detention and placed under a form of supervised release. Alongside five other former French detainees from Guantanamo, he faced charges beginning April 26, 2006. During the court proceedings on July 3, 2006, Kanouni declared that his journey to Afghanistan was motivated by religious studies, denied any allegiance to Osama bin Laden, and asserted that he never participated in military training camps. He expressed: "I was ready to die for a good cause, defend people who were attacked in their countries."
Kanouni's assigned Internment Serial Number at Guantanamo was 164.