Salah Abdul Rasool Al Blooshi

Salah Abdul Rasool Al Blooshi (Arabic: صلاح عبد الرسول البلوشي) is a Bahraini, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

Mr Al Blooshi was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities after crossing over from Afghanistan in December 2001 and handed over to the US military.

Initially the Bush Presidency asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror.

Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

[8] In response, on October 12, 2004, the Department of Defense released 16 pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

It did publish a redacted version of a two-page letter from Mark S. Sullivan, one of the lawyers helping him access the US justice system, dated January 19, 2005, entitled: "Administrative Review Board Submission for Salah Abdul Rasul Al Bloushi, ISN # 227.

Sullivan's letter stated, in part: The unsigned note said: The Gulf Daily News reported, on July 2, 2006, that Colangelo-Bryan summarized the allegations against al Blooshi from his second Administrative Review Board.

The following primary factors favor continued detention The following primary factors favor release or transfer In early September 2007, the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon R. England, the Designated Civilian Official.

[citation needed] On Thursday August 23, 2007, the Gulf Daily News reported that Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammed Khalid had called for the Bahrain government to provide financial compensation to the released men.

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a trailer the size of a large RV . The captive sat on a plastic garden chair, with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed. [ 6 ]
Hearing room where Guantanamo captive's annual Administrative Review Board hearings convened for captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal had already determined they were an "enemy combatant". [ 9 ]