The Division of Protection introduced these days the resettlement of eleven Yemeni detainees from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Govt of Oman. The 11 detainees are: Uthman Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Uthman (ISN 27), Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi (ISN 28), Khalid Ahmed Qassim (ISN 242), Suhayl Abdul Anam al Sharabi (ISN 569), Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah (ISN 841), Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al-Bihani (ISN 893), Omar Mohammed Ali al-Rammah (ISN 1017), Sanad Ali Yislam Al Kazimi (ISN 1453), Hassan Muhammad Ali Bib Attash (ISN 1456), Sharqawi Abdu Ali Al Hajj (ISN 1457), and Abd Al-Salam Al-Hilah (ISN 1463).
Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al-Bihani (ISN 893) was once deemed switch eligible by means of the method established by means of the 2009 Government Order 13492, “Evaluate of Disposition of Folks Detained on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Amenities.” The opposite 10 Yemeni GTMO detainees transferred to the Govt of Oman have been decided eligible for switch underneath the Periodic Evaluate Board procedure established by means of Government Order 13567, “Periodic Evaluate of Folks Detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station Pursuant to the Authorization for the Use of Army Power.”
Even though other processes, each and every of the ten Yemeni detainees underwent a radical, interagency evaluation by means of profession execs who unanimously decided all detainees as switch eligible in step with the nationwide safety pursuits of the USA.
On Sept. 15, 2023, Secretary of Protection Austin notified Congress of his intent to repatriate those 11 Yemeni detainees to the Govt of Oman and, in session with our companions in Oman, we finished the necessities for switch.
The US appreciates the willingness of the Govt of Oman and different companions to improve ongoing U.S. efforts interested by responsibly lowering the detainee inhabitants and in the long run remaining the Guantanamo Bay facility.
The PRB procedure was once established by means of the President’s March 7, 2011, Government Order 13567. It’s in step with segment 1023 of the Nationwide Protection Authorization Act for fiscal 12 months 2012 and affirmed in Government Order 13823 (Jan. 30, 2018).
The PRB panel is composed of senior profession officers from the Departments of Protection, Hometown Safety, Justice, and State, in conjunction with the Joint Group of workers and the Place of work of the Director of Nationwide Intelligence. The PRB decided by means of consensus that endured regulation of battle detention was once now not vital to offer protection to in opposition to a seamless vital danger to the nationwide safety of the USA and that any nationwide safety possibility from those 10 Yemeni detainees might be adequately mitigated. Pursuant to Government Order 13567, that resolution was ultimate in any case Principals concurred.
These days, 15 detainees stay at Guantanamo Bay: 3 are eligible for switch; 3 are eligible for a Periodic Evaluate Board; 7 are concerned within the army commissions procedure; and a pair of detainees had been convicted and sentenced by means of army commissions.
