Yemen Monitor/Newsroom:
The American Center for Law & Justice announced that the Biden administration has transferred 11 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman.
In a statement, the center said, “We welcome the Biden administration’s transfer of 11 Yemeni men from Guantanamo Bay to Oman, a significant step toward addressing the injustice of indefinite detention without charge.”
The statement added that among those transferred was Sharqawi al-Hajj, whose 23-year detention included documented abuses and torture.
This transfer highlights the urgent need to end the inhumane practice of indefinite detention, according to the statement.
The statement continued, “The fact remains that six men remain without charges, and three of them have been cleared for release.”
The center urged the U.S. administration to fulfill its pledge to close Guantanamo by transferring all cleared individuals and providing a just legal resolution for those who remain detained.
Here are the announced individuals:
- Abdulsalam al-Hila
- Abdah Ali al-Hajj Sharqawi
- Khalid Ahmad Qasim
- Uthman Abdul Rahim Muhammad Uthman
- Mu’adh Hamza Ahmad al-Alawi
- Zahir Abduh Anaam Saeed al-Shara’bi
- Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah
- Omar Muhammad Ali al-Rammah
- Tufayl Nasir Ahmad al-Bayhani
- Sanad Yaslam al-Kazimi
- Hassan Muhammad Ali bin Attash
