Najib Mohammad Lahassimi
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Najib Mohammad Lahassimi (also transliterated as Najeb Lahassihi and Najib Lahssini) is a citizen of Morocco who was held for five years in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 75. The Department of Defense reported that he was born on September 28, 1978, in Sattat, Morocco.
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[edit] Identity
The Department of Defense was forced to comply with a court order, when its legal appeals were exhausted, and release the identities of the Guantanamo detainees. On April 20, 2006 The DoD released a list of the names, ID numbers, and nationalities of the 558 detainees whose classification as "enemy combatants" were reviewed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal. Twenty-five days later the DoD released a longer list, of 759 names, which the DoD claims contains the names of all the captives held in miliitary custody in Guantnammo.
Lahassimi's name is spelled differntly on the two lists.
[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal
There is no record of Lahassimi participating in either his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, or his Administrative Review Board.
[edit] Moroccan conviction
On November 10, 2006 Lahassimi, and two other Moroccans said to be former Guantanamo detainees, were sentenced by a Moroccan court. Lahassimi, and a Moroccan named Mohammed Ouali were sentenced to three years for falsifying documents.[2][3][4]
A third Moroccan, Mohamed Souleymani Laalami, was sentenced for a five year term, for starting a "criminal group".
[edit] References
- ^ List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006, US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ Morocco sentences three former Guantanamo detainees, The Jurist, November 12, 2006
- ^ Morocco Jails 3 Ex-Guantanamo Detainees, Associated Press, November 10, 2006
- ^ Rabat jails ex-Guantanamo detainees, Al Jazeera, November 12, 2006
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