Fouad Mahmoud al Rabiah

Fouad Mahmoud al Rabiah
Born (1959-06-24) June 24, 1959 (age 65)[1]
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Detained at Guantanamo
Other name(s) Fouad Mahoud Hasan Al Rabia
ISN551
Charge(s)All charges dropped in 2009
StatusWon his habeas corpus, released after 8 years

Fouad Mahmoud al Rabiah (born June 24, 1959) is a Kuwaiti, who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba[2] from May 2002 to December 2009. Al Rabia's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 551.[3]

Al Rabia was an executive with Kuwait's national airline before his wrongful arrest and extradition. He had studied in the United States, and described himself as an America-phile. He is also a philanthropist, along with members of his family, and they regularly followed-up to observed in person the charitable enterprises they donated to. He had routinely made preliminary and follow-up field trips to check on projects they had donated to. In 2001, he described traveling to Afghanistan, for charitable purposes.

Al Rabia was to face charges in 2008 before a Guantanamo military commission, but all charges were dropped in 2009.

In September 2009, Al Rabia's habeas corpus petition concluded, and US District Court Judge ordered that he be released "forthwith". That release occurred on December 9, 2009. Al Rabiah's lawyers called on President Barack Obama to apologise on behalf of the United States and provide "appropriate compensation" to al Rabiah for his ordeal.[4]

  1. ^ "JTF- GTMO Detainee Assessment" (PDF). nyt.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  2. ^ Sketches of Guantanamo Detainees-Part II, The Guardian, March 15, 2006
  3. ^ OARDEC (2006-05-15). "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 2007-09-29.
  4. ^ "Detainee freed after eight years at Guantanamo". Television New Zealand. December 10, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2011.