| Lakhdar Boumediene لخضر بومدين | |
|---|---|
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| Born | April 27, 1966[1] Aïn Soltane, Saïda, Algeria |
| Released | May 19, 2009 France |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| ISN | 10005 |
| Status | Released |
Lakhdar Boumediene (Arabic: لخضر بومدين; born April 27, 1966) is an Algerian-born citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was held in military custody in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba beginning in January 2002.[2]
Boumediene was the lead plaintiff in Boumediene v. Bush (2008), a U.S. Supreme Court decision that Guantanamo detainees and other foreign nationals have the right to file writs of habeas corpus in U.S. federal courts.
He and four other of the Algerian Six plaintiffs were released from Guantánamo on May 15, 2009, after a US Federal judge found that "the Bush administration relied on insufficient evidence to imprison them indefinitely as 'enemy combatants.'"[3] He lives in Provence, France, with his wife and children.[4]
- ^ "JTF- GTMO Detainee Assessment" (PDF). 1 April 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jess Bravin (2008-11-21). "Judge Orders 5 Gitmo Inmates Released". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ^ Lakhdar Boumediene (2012-01-07). "My Guantánamo Nightmare". The New York Times. p. SR9. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2012-04-05.