Tariq al-Sawah

Tariq Mahmud Ahmad Muhammad al-Sawah
Tariq Mahmud Ahmad Muhammad al-Sawah's Guantanamo portrait ID
Born (1957-11-02) November 2, 1957 (age 67)[1][2]
Alexandria, Egypt
CitizenshipEgypt
Detained at Guantanamo (2002–2016)
ISN535
Charge(s)Charges dismissed on March 1, 2012
StatusReleased in January 2016

Tariq Mahmud Ahmad Muhammad al-Sawah (born November 2, 1957) is a citizen of Egypt who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba, from May 2002 to January 2016.[3][4]

He was charged with war crimes, but those charges were dismissed on March 1, 2012.[5][6][7] According to the Egypt Independent, formerly secret documents, drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo, and published by the whistleblower organization WikiLeaks in 2011, contradicted the charges al-Sawah had faced.[8]

  1. ^ "JTF GTMO Detainee Profile" (PDF). nyt.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Detainee Profile" (PDF). prs.mil. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ Carol Rosenberg (January 21, 2016). "Guantánamo detainee declines release; 2 others sent to Balkans". Miami Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Margot Williams (2008-11-03). "Guantanamo Docket: Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al Sawah". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-10-22. Retrieved October 22, 2010. Closed access icon
  6. ^ Carol Rosenberg (2008-12-16). "Pentagon files charges against Bosnian-Egyptian". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  7. ^ Military Commissions (2012-03-01). "Tariq El-Sawah charges dismissed on March 1, 2012". Military Commissions. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  8. ^ Tom Dale (2013-03-06). "Detention continues for last Egyptian in Guantanamo, despite deteriorating health". Egypt Independent. Archived from the original on 2013-03-07. Detention continues for last Egyptian in Guantanamo, despite deteriorating health