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unusual facts about Extrajudicial detention


Extrajudicial detention

Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that, "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."


Azem guesthouse

American counter-terrorism analysts justified the continued extrajudicial detention of several Guantanamo captives, in part, because they were suspected of staying in the Azem guesthouses.

Executive Order 13440

Executive Order 13440 is an Executive Order issued by United States President George W. Bush on July 20, 2007 ordering limited compliance with the Geneva Conventions in the treatment of captives held in extrajudicial detention by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Frank Sweigart

As Director of OARDEC Sweigart is notable for having the responsibility to oversee the operation of the annual Administrative Review Board hearings for approximately 250 captives the United States holds in extrajudicial detention in it Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.

Gonzalo Boye

Gonzalo Boye (Viña del Mar, 1965) is a human rights lawyer, based in Spain, notable for trying to use Spanish law to charge Bush administration officials for their roles in war crimes committed against citizens or residents of Spain while the US held them in extrajudicial detention.

Nibras guest house

The Nibras guest house is one of the many al Qaida guest houses, or al Qaida safe houses, or other houses that American intelligence analysts assert are part of the justifications offered for the continued extrajudicial detention of captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.


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Abdulla Majid Al Naimi

In late November 2008 another Bahraini in extrajudicial detention in Saudi Arabia, Khalil Janahi, was reported to have been repatriated.

Belmar

Richard Belmar (born 1979), a British man who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps

Kahtani

Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani, citizen of Saudi Arabia who was a captive held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Bagram Theater Internment Facility

Maqsud

Ala Abdel Maqsud Muhammad Salim, citizen of Egypt who was held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo Bay

Naimi

Abdulla Majid Al Naimi, Bahraini formerly held in extrajudicial detention in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Patricia Sullivan

Patricia A. Sullivan (lawyer), lawyer who assisted captives held in extrajudicial detention at Guantanamo -- Guantanamo Bay attorneys

Sami Essid

Following the United States Supreme Court ruling in Rasul v. Bush, the United States Department of Defense was forced to conduct reviews of the combatant status of the captives held in extrajudicial detention in its Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.