Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Idris

For the state governor in Nigeria, see Ibrahim Idris.
Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Idris
Born1961 (1961)[1]
Port Sudan, Sudan
Died (aged 60)
Port Sudan, Sudan
CitizenshipSudan
Detained at Guantanamo
Other name(s) Mahmud Idris
ISN36
Charge(s)No charge, held in extrajudicial detention
OccupationMedical doctor

Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Idris (1961 – February 10, 2021) was a citizen of Sudan, formerly held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[2] His detainee ID number was 036.

In July 2013, a motion was filed seeking his release because his physical and emotional health had deteriorated to the point where he could not pose a threat.[3] On October 3, 2013, Ben Fox, of the Associated Press, reported that the United States Department of Justice had dropped its opposition to Idris's repatriation.[4]

His entry in the official list of Guantanamo captives asserts he was born in Hathramaut, Yemen, but his formerly secret Guantanamo assessment asserts he was born in Port Sudan, Sudan.[2]

According to a formerly secret Guantanamo assessment, he was a medical doctor and suspected of serving as a camp doctor for al-Qaeda on its front lines.[citation needed] A later review of Guantanamo assessments showed that they are unreliable, for example, contained allegations that were not supported by the underlying source document upon which they relied. (p. 9)[5]

  1. ^ https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/82761-isn-36-ibrahim-othman-ibrahim-idris-jtf-gtmo/7bbe75a26f9a4a5a/full.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ a b "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
  3. ^ Carol Rosenberg (2013-07-08). "Lawyers argue Guantánamo captive so sick he should go home". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-09. Now his New York lawyers are arguing a novel twist in a war-on-terror habeas corpus petition at the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Rather than ask Chief Judge Royce Lamberth to judge what Idris did or did not do before he got to Guantánamo, they argue he's too fat, too crazy and too physically sick to be a danger in the future. So Lamberth should send him home.
  4. ^ Ben Fox (2013-10-03). "U.S. won't fight release of ill prisoner". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  5. ^ "FINAL REPORT GUANTANAMO REVIEW TASK FORCE" (PDF). Department of Justice. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2021.