Salman Rabeii
Salman Yahya Hassan Muhammad Rabeii | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 30, 1979 Yemen |
| Occupation | Former detainee |
| Known for | Detention at Guantanamo Bay |
Salman Yahya Hassan Muhammad Rabeii (born June 30, 1979) is a Yemeni national who was subjected to extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay facility located in Cuba. His assigned detainee identification number was 508.
On December 1, 2016, Rabeii was authorized for release and subsequently transferred to Oman on January 16, 2017, along with nine other individuals.
Official status reviews
During the Bush administration, it was initially maintained that individuals captured in the context of the "war on terror" were not entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions and could be detained indefinitely without formal charges or transparent procedures. However, in 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Rasul v. Bush that detainees at Guantanamo must be notified of the accusations against them and granted the opportunity to contest their detention.
Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants
In response to the Supreme Court ruling, the United States Department of Defense created the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants.[1][2]
In December 2008, researchers at the Brookings Institution, led by Benjamin Wittes, classified Guantanamo detainees according to typical military allegations:[3]
- Salman Yahya Hassan Muhammad Rabeii was accused of having undergone military or terrorist training in Afghanistan.
- He was reportedly present at Tora Bora.
- His name or known aliases were found on materials confiscated during raids on Al Qaeda locations.
- He was identified as a foreign fighter.
Within these tribunals, the Recorder fulfills a prosecutorial role by assembling and presenting allegations. At Rabeii's hearing, tribunal members noted inconsistencies between the verbal allegations and those documented.[5]
Previously classified Joint Task Force Guantanamo evaluation
On April 25, 2011, the whistleblower group WikiLeaks released confidential assessments prepared by analysts from Joint Task Force Guantanamo. An 11-page evaluation dated February 29, 2008, signed by camp commander Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby, recommended that detention be maintained.
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