Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al Rahabi

Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al Rahabi
BornAugust 1979 (age 45)[1][2]
Ibb, Yemen
ArrestedDecember 2001
Pakistan border crossing
Pakistani border guards
ReleasedJune 22, 2016
Montenegro
CitizenshipYemen
Detained at Guantanamo
Other name(s) 
  • Abd al Malik Abd al Wahab,
  • Abd al Malak Abd al-Wahab al-Rahabi,
  • Abu Muaz,
  • al-Battar al-Yemeni,
  • Abu Aysha,
  • Abu Aisha,
  • Abd al-Malik Al-bu Aisha
ISN37
Charge(s)no charge, extrajudicial detention
Statusgranted asylum

Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al Rahabi is a citizen of Yemen who was held in extrajudicial detention by the United States from December 2001 to June 22, 2016.[3][4] He was one of the first twenty captives transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba, on January 11, 2002, and was held there until he was transferred to Montenegro, which granted him political asylum.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

One of the allegations US intelligence analysts used to justify his detention was that he was captured with a group of thirty Osama bin Laden bodyguards. Historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, has criticized this allegation as it required taking at face value the denunciations of captives who lacked credibility.

Al Rahabi was a married man when he was captured. His wife had just given birth to a daughter.[3][4] Al Rahabi was one of the camp's most determined hunger strikers.[15]

  1. ^ "Guantanamo Detainee Profile" (PDF). Department of Defense. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Guantanamo Detainee Profile" (PDF). prs.mil. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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