Al Mutairi said he traveled to Afghanistan for ribat, according to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal transcripts.
In November 2005, the Department of Defense transferred five more prisoners to Kuwait including Adel Al Zamel (ISN 568), who prior to his time in Guantanamo was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison for previous charges of assault against a female college student.
He was planning to get a Master's degree in Egypt, but decided before doing so he would spend some time teaching Islamic law in Afghanistan.
[5] The third prisoner released in late 2005 Sa'ad Al Azmi (ISN 571) said he traveled to Pakistan on a business trip.
He reported he was severely abused as well: beaten, left naked for two months, sexually humiliated and his leg was broken.
The last of the group released in late 2005 was Kuwaiti prisoner Abdullah Al Ajmi (ISN 220), who was 23 years old when captured.
[citation needed] Amin was an aid worker and Kamel Al Kandari had been a star volleyball player, who played for Kuwait's national team.
The ruling by which Fouad, an aviation engineer, was freed stated the U.S. government's evidence was "surprisingly bare," noting that interrogators used "abusive techniques."
[5] Fayiz al Kandari was cleared by the Periodic Review board during his second hearing and sent home in early 2016.
"[10] On June 9, 2009, the lead attorney for the Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo, David Cynamon, called on Congress to delay the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor until the Obama administration's commitment to the rule of law and compliance with Supreme Court decisions is examined.
"The Bush Administration Department of Justice did everything in its power to delay and obstruct the habeas cases from proceeding in federal court.
[13] In March 2008, attorneys for Fawzi al-Odah and three other Kuwaiti detainees held at Guantanamo Bay filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Court of Military Commission seeking to block military prosecutors from contacting the four detainees without their attorneys' consent.
Matthew MacLean, a Washington-based attorney for the Kuwaitis, explained in an interview with the Associated Press that government interrogators told his clients their lawyers are Jewish in a bid to sow mistrust.
On July 18, 2008, David J. Cynamon filed a "PETITIONERS' STATUS REPORT" in Al Odah, v. United States Civil Action No.
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo detainees were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed.
William Glaberson, "Despite Ruling, Detainee Cases Facing Delays,"[10], New York Times, October 4, 2008.
"Court orders new review on torture, allows tobacco lawsuits"[13], SCOTUS Blog, December 15, 2008.