Mustafa Ibrahim Al Hassan Released

We are delighted that last week our client Mustafa Ibrahim Al Hassan, a 51-year-old father of four who had spent the last 6 years in Guantánamo Bay, was released and repatriated to Sudan. He had been arrested in Pakistan in 2002 while studying Islam and looking for business opportunities. He has been in Guantánamo since August 2002, but he was never charged with any specific crime and never received a trial. Mustafa had an opportunity last December to be released but was overlooked and left behind while two other Sudanese prisoners returned home. He was told in May that he would be released, but again was overlooked and left behind while other detainees went home. Mustafa was finally released this month and reunited with his family. In a statement read out at a press conference in Sudan , Zachary Katznelson , Reprieve Legal Director, thanked the Government of Sudan, Civic Aid International and Sudanese advocates for their tireless work in helping to bring Mustafa home.

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