Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.
Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.
Reprieve represents 33 of the 240 prisoners in Guantánamo Bay; over 50 of our clients have been released to date.
Religious missionary Adel Fattough Ali al Gazzar was seized on a journey across the Muslim world after being severely wounded by a US airstrike in Afghanistan in 2001. He has been held without charge since.
Legal European resident, Adel Hakeemy, moved to Pakistan to marry and was seized by Pakistani bounty hunters in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks and sold to US forces, who took him to Guantánamo Bay.
Former British resident Ahmed Belbacha has long been cleared for release, but needs asylum as he fears return to his native Algeria, which he fled after threats and persecution before being imprisoned.
Palestinian national Ayman al Shurafa has been cleared for release from Guantánamo Bay, but is trapped in the diplomatic no-man's land between the country he was born and the country of which he is a national.
After years of brutal torture and abuse in the US secret prison network, Binyam Mohamed was released from Guantanamo Bay in February 2009. The 31-year old returned to Britain where he is rebuilding his life.
Bisher al-Rawi is a British resident whose family fled Iraq and came to England in 1984, after his father was imprisoned and tortured by Saddam Hussein’s regime. He was released fromGuantánamo Bay in March 2007.
Hedi Hammamy was seized while living with his wife and baby daughter in Lahore, Pakistan in the Spring of 2002. He has been held without charge since.
Reprieves congratulates Somaliland on welcoming home Ismail Mohamed who was wrongfully incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay
Jamil el Banna is a Jordanian with refugee status in Britain. He was kidnapped in Gambia in November 2002 and held in US custody until November 2007.
Kenyan father-of-three Mohammed Abdulmalik was transferred by his own government to US secret prison system. Abdulmalik now waits in Guantánamo Bay, while the Kenyan government refuses to admit responsibility or even accept that he is a Kenyan.
Chadian citizen, Mohammed el Gharani was the youngest prisoner in Guantánamo Bay, arrested when he was just 14. In January 2009, a federal judge ordered his release and he was returned to Chad in June 2009.
French resident Nabil Hadjarab has been held prisoner in Guantánamo Bay since February 2002, despite being cleared for release for over 3 years. He has not been charged with any crime and has had no trial. Reprieve calls on the French government to bring Nabil home.
Nabil Hadjarab rêve de rentrer en France, le pays dans lequel il a grandi. Il a passé plus de huit années pénibles dans le centre de détention de la Baie de Guantánamo. Il n'a été inculpé d'aucun crime et n'a eu droit à aucun procès. Toutes les charges pesant contre lui ont été retirées depuis 2007, lorsque les autorités américaines ont confirmé qu'il ne présentait aucune menace pour quiconque. Les agents responsables de son interrogatoire l’avait , en réalité, déjà informé de la confusion de son identité avec celle d'un autre homme: sa détention est une erreur. A ce jour, Nabil demeure néanmoins toujours à Guantánamo .
Yemeni citizen, Nadir Mohammed Abdullah bin Sa'adoun Al Sa'ary has been held in Guantanamo Bay since the prison opened. He was arrested in Pakistan and rendered to US custody in Afghanistan before being taken to Cuba.
Algerian citizen Said Farhi has been held in US custody since 2001, when he was arrested in Pakistan. He has been cleared for release, but is fearful of returning to Algeria and continues to be held in Guantanamo Bay.
Elderly Pakistani businessman Saifullah Paracha was seized in Bangkok on the way to a business meeting in 2003. He was rendered to Guantanamo Bay, where he suffers from a range of serious health problems.
Former Italian resident Saleh Sassi was arrested in Afghanistan and handed to the US military in 2001. A short time later he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay where he has been held without trial or charge since.
Yemeni national Samir Mukbel was seized in Pakistan as he tried to cross the border without a passport at the outbreak of the war. He has been held in Guantanamo Bay without trial or charge for more than seven years.
British resident Shaker Aamer has been cleared for release from Guantánamo Bay but remains imprisoned. Meanwhile, in London, his wife and children await his freedom- he has never seen his youngest son.
Italian resident Sherif el Mashad has been held in Guantanamo Bay since 2001. He was arrested after crossing the border into Pakistan from Afghanistan, was transferred to US custody, and taken to Guantanamo Bay.
Morrocan national Younus Abdurrahman Chekkouri spent five months in jail in Kandahar before being transferred to Guantanamo Bay where he has been incarcerated since 2002 when he was captured in Pakistan.
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