Ghassan al-Sharbi
Ghassan Abdallah Ghazi al-Sharbi (born 28 December 1974) is a Saudi citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 682.
| Ghassan Abdallah Ghazi al-Sharbi | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 28, 1974 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Arrested | 2002-03 Faisalabad, Pakistan Joint force of Pakistani and American security officials |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| ISN | 682 |
| Charge(s) | War crimes charges against him have been dismissed |
| Status | Released |
| CSRT Summary | Works related to Summary of Evidence at Wikisource |
Captured in Faisalabad, Pakistan in March 2002, al-Sharbi was transferred to Guantanamo Bay later that year. In 2006, al-Sharbi told a military commission that he was a member of al-Qaeda and proud of his actions against the United States. Serious war crimes charges were dropped against him in October 2008, as it had been found they were based on evidence gained through torture of Abu Zubaydah. Al-Sharbi had a habeas corpus petition which his father had initiated on his behalf; when it reached the court in March 2009, al-Sharbi requested that it be dismissed. He did not want to pursue it.
Al-Sharbi was held at Guantanamo for twenty years.