Sharif Fati Ali Al Mishad
Sharif Fathi Ali Al-Mashad | |
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extrajudicial detention | |
Status | transferred to Albania |
Occupation | Building contractor |
Sharif Fati Ali Al Mishad also known as Sherif el Mashad is a citizen of
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 190. Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts report he was born on December 14, 1976, in Shibin El Kom, Egypt.Life prior to his capture
According to
Afghanistan and capture and interrogation
Worthington describes Mashad agreeing to travel to Afghanistan to work with a Kuwaiti businessman and philanthropist.[2] According to Worthington Mushad would later describe this decision as a combination charitable exercise and business networking opportunity -- "like attending a fundraising gala".
Mashad arrived in Afghanistan, in mid-2001, in spite of his mother's reservations, according to Worthington.[2] He was trapped in Afghanistan after the Afghan-Iranian border closed following the US counter-attacks. He was able to cross the border with Pakistan, in November 2001, but was promptly apprehended by a Pakistani border patrol.
Worthington attributed his continued detention by US forces to "patently false" denunciations from other captives.[2] He offered the example of a denunciation from one of the Guantanamo captives who passed right from being a Taliban prison to US custody. This captive claimed Mashad had been one of his torturers, in 2000. Worthington repeated how Mashad had insisted to his interrogators that he was living in Italy in 2000 as his documents clearly established.
Another allegation that Mashad thought he could refute was that he had been aiding Arabs in
Sharif Fathim Al Mushad v. George Walker Bush
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On December 15, 2004 Tribunal panel 25 confirmed that he was an "enemy combatant".[4]
According to Worthington even though his habeas petition had been filed in 2005 he didn't meet with
OARDEC status reviews
In its 2004 ruling in
Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control
In April 2010 the whistleblower organization
Transfer from Guantanamo
Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad was transferred to Albania in February 2010 after he spent almost eight years in the Guantanamo camps.[2] [10][11]
In March 2012 Albania refused to let Mashad return to his home Egypt.[12] Following the overthrow of the
References
- ^ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2006-05-15. Works related to List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006 at Wikisource
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Andy Worthington (2010-02-25). "Four prisoners freed from Guantánamo: three in Albania, one in Spain". Retrieved 2012-03-26.
Of the three men rehous ed in Albania, for example, one was a businessman, living in Europe, who had traveled to Afghanistan to provide humanitarian aid...
- ^ Andy Worthington. "The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (6) – Escape to Pakistan (Uyghurs and others)". Retrieved 2012-03-26.
- ^ a b "Sharif Fathim Al Mushad v. George Walker Bush" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. 2005-08-16. pp. 46–62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ^ "Sharif Fathim Al Mushad v. George Walker Bush" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. 2005-08-16. pp. 46–62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
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OARDEC (August 8, 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Al Mishad, Sharif Fata Ali" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 99–100. Archived from the original(PDF) on May 7, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
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OARDEC (2005-10-05). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Mishad, Sharif Fata Ali" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 25–27. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2008-07-16. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
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OARDEC (2006-09-13). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Mushad, Sharif Fathim" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 84–87. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
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OARDEC (2006-10-05). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al-Mishad, Sharif Fathim". United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
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New York Times.
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"US transfers Guantanamo detainees: Three sent to Albania and one to Spain as 188 inmates remain a month after jail was to close". Al Jazeera. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
Three detainees, originally from North Africa, were sent to Albania. They were identified as Saleh Bin Hadi Asasi, originally from Tunisia, Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad, an Egyptian national and Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammad Abu al Qusin from Libya.
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Katerina Nikolas (2012-03-24). "Albania refuses ex-Guantanamo Egyptian right to return home". Digital Journal. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
Albania's Interior Minister has failed to explain why they are refusing el Mashad the right to leave and return to his family in Egypt. The Albanian authorities have also prevented his Albanian born wife from leaving the country.
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"Albania Blocking Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner's Return Home". Balkan Insight. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
Reprieve's "Life After Guantanamo" caseworker, Katie Taylor, said that by denying Almeshad's right to freedom of movement, the government in Tirana was breaking Albanian and international law.