Imad Kanouni
Imad Kanouni is a French citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]
Kanouni, and three other French citizens were transferred from US custody to French custody, on July 27 2004.
Under French law, security detainees like Kanouni can be held, without charge, for up to three years. [2]
Kanouni was released from custody, and put on a kind of parole, on July 9 2005. [3]
Kanouni, and five other French former Guantanamo detainees were charged on April 26 2006.[4]
Kanouni testified, in his own defense, before a French court, on July 3 2006. [5] He told the court that he traveled to Afghanistan to pursue religious education, and that he didn't agree with Osama Bin Laden, and never attended any military training camps. He did acknowledge: "I was ready to die for a good cause, defend people who were attacked in their countries"
See also
- Mourad Benchellali
- Nizar Sassi
- Brahim Yadel
- Khaled ben Mustafa
- Redouane Khalid
- Hakim Mokhfi
- Abdelkader Bouziane
- Imad Kanouni
- Karim Bourti
References
- ↑ Guantanamo inmates back in France, BBC, July 27 2004
- ↑ French Push Limits in Fight On Terrorism: Wide Prosecutorial Powers Draw Scant Public Dissent, Washington Post, November 2 2004
- ↑ French court frees former Guantanamo detainee, The Jurist, July 9 2005
- ↑ Former French Guantanamo detainees to face Paris trial, The Jurist, April 26 2006
- ↑ 6 Ex-Guantanamo Inmates on Trial in France, Washington Post, July 3 2006