French detainees in Guantanamo
| isn |
name |
notes |
| 161 |
Mourad Benchellali |
- Published a book on his experience.
- Claims he was misled into traveling to Afghanistan by his older brother Menad Benchellali.
- Acknowledges spending two months in a military training camp in Afghanistan, just prior al Qaeda's attacks on September 11, 2001.
- Claims he tried to leave Afghanistan; claims he never engaged in hostilities.
- Convicted of terrorism related offenses, and received a four-year sentence.
- Conviction overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009.
|
| 164 |
Imad Achab Kanouni |
|
| 173 |
Ridouane Khalid |
- Convicted of terrorism related offenses in a French court upon his repatriation.
- Conviction overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009.
|
| 236 |
Khaled ben Mustafa |
- Convicted of terrorism related offenses in a French court upon his repatriation.
- Conviction overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009.
|
| 325 |
Nizar Sassi |
- Also alleged to have been tricked into traveling to Afghanistan by Menad Benchellali.
- Published a book about his experiences.
- Convicted of terrorism related offenses in a French court upon his repatriation.
- Conviction overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009.
|
| 371 |
Brahim Yadel |
- Convicted of terrorism related offenses in a French court upon his repatriation.
- Conviction overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009.
|
| 649 |
Mustaq Ali Patel
|
- Allegedly provided a false identity to his interrogators.
- Allegedly initially identified himself as a Saudi.
- Denied all the allegations against him.
- Reported being tortured, to force him to falsely confess to being a Saudi.
- Saudi security officials visiting Guantanamo confirmed he was not a Saudi.
- His CSR Tribunal determined he had never been an "enemy combatant" after all.
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