Lakhdar Boumediene
Algerian-Bosnian formerly detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp from 2002 to 2009 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Lakhdar Boumediene?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Lakhdar Boumediene (Arabic: لخضر بومدين; born April 27, 1966) is an Algerian-born citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was held in military custody in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba beginning in January 2002.[2] Boumediene was the lead plaintiff in Boumediene v. Bush (2008), a U.S. Supreme Court decision that Guantanamo detainees and other foreign nationals have the right to file writs of habeas corpus in U.S. federal courts.
Lakhdar Boumediene لخضر بومدين | |
---|---|
Born | (1966-04-27) April 27, 1966 (age 58)[1] Aïn Soltane, Saïda, Algeria |
Released | May 19, 2009 France |
Detained at | Guantanamo |
ISN | 10005 |
Status | Released |
He and four other of the Algerian Six plaintiffs were released from Guantánamo on May 15, 2009, after a US Federal judge found that "the Bush administration relied on insufficient evidence to imprison them indefinitely as 'enemy combatants.'"[3] He now lives in Provence, France, with his wife and children.[4]