11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo transferred to Oman

11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo transferred to Oman

ELF Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay have been transferred to Oman, which marks another prisoner transfer from the military prison in the last days of the bidges.

Details on the prisoner transfer

Minister of Defense Lloyd Austin informed the Congress in September 2023 about his intention to transfer the prisoners to Oman, such as the Pentagon in a press release announced on Monday.

about the transferred prisoners

The transferred prisoners include: Uthman Abd Al-Rahim Muhammad Uthman, Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi, Khalid Ahmed Qassim, Suhayl Abdul Anam Al Sharabi, Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah, Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al-Bihani, Omar Mohammed Ali Al-Rammah, Sanad Ali Yislam Al Kazimi, Hassan Muhammad Ali Bib Attash, Sharqawi Abdu Ali Al Hajj and Abd Al-Salam Al-Hilah.

The state of affairs in Guantanamo

President Joe Biden pursued the goal , guantanamo bay. With two weeks until the end of his term, there are 15 prisoners in the detention center, three of whom are possible for a transfer, according to the press release from the Ministry of Defense. At the beginning of the bidges, there were about 40 prisoners in the facility.

human rights violations

At least one of the transferred Yemeni men- Qassim- has never been charged with a crime and has been in custody in Guantanamo Bay for more than 20 years, according to Human Rights and Legal Organization Reprieve. During his detention, he was "exposed to severe torture and abuse, first at the Bagram base, then in Kandahar and Guantanamo, including strokes, sleep deprivation, extreme isolation, exposure to frosty temperatures, obsessive stands and stress positions," said Reprieve in a message about his transfer.

reaction of the legal representatives

"We are grateful for the bid administration for this transfer and are pleased that Khalid is a free man, but must never forget the frightening injustices to which he was exposed," said Tom Wilner, a member of Qassim's legal team, in a statement.

further developments and transfers

CNN asked the Ministry of Defense for a comment. In the past few weeks, the United States has also had four other prisoners from Guantanamo Bay according to kenia, Malaysia and

Last month, a military call court also brought the criminal comparisons for three alleged accomplices of the attacks on September 11, including the alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, back on the right track after Austin had tried to reject and the comparisons.