Deleted:Zahar Omar Hamis Bin Hamdoun
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Zahar Omar Hamis Bin Hamdoun is a citizen of Yemen currently held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba after being classified as an enemy combatant by the United States's.[1] The Department of Defense reports that he was born on November 13, 1979, in Ash Shihr, Yemen.
As of August 14, 2011, Zahar Omar Hamis Bin Hamdoun has been held at Guantanamo for nine years three months.[2]
Hunger strike
On February 11, 2009 US District Court judge Gladys Kessler declined to bar the use of restraint chairs for force-feeding Omar Khamis Bin Hamdoon and Mohammed Ali Abdullah Bwazir.[3] Kessler's noted that Bawazir and Hamdoon petition stated that the use of the restraint chair was "tantamount to torture". But she stated the opinion that because she lacked the medical expertise to evaluate the position of the camp's medical authorities she lacked jurisdiction to rule on the petition.
According to the Agence France Presse Bawazir and Hamdoon were not opposed to being force fed but they complained that they were strapped into a restraint chair with their arms, legs, chest and forehead fastened for about an hour. According to the Agence France Presse camp authorities are withholding medical treatment for their other ailments from the hunger strikers, in an attempt to pressure them to quit their strike.
See also
References
- ↑ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ↑ "Zahar Omar Hamis Bin Hamdoun - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/576-zahar-omar-hamis-bin-hamdoun.
- ↑ "Judge silent on Guantanamo force feeding case". Agence France Presse. 2009-02-11. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g4rSXciAQAQCUoqiCRPQy7TGeicw. Retrieved 2009-02-11. mirror
External links
- Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Five: Captured in Pakistan Andy Worthington, September 29, 2010
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