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Imad Achab Kanouni is a French citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. [1] Kanouni was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and transferred to France on July 26, 2004. [2] Under French law, detainees like Kanouni can be held, for up to three years, under the control of a judge. [3]

Kanouni was released from custody and put on a kind of parole[ clarification needed] on July 9, 2005. [4] He and five other French former Guantanamo detainees were charged on April 26, 2006. [5] Testifying in his own defense, on July 3, 2006, Kanouni told a French court that he had traveled to Afghanistan to pursue religious education, that he didn't agree with Osama bin Laden, and never attended any military training camps. He did acknowledge: "I was ready to die for a good cause, defend people who were attacked in their countries" [6]

His Internment Serial Number at Guantanamo was 164.

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References

  1. ^ Guantanamo inmates back in France, BBC, July 27, 2004
  2. ^ "The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ French Push Limits in Fight On Terrorism: Wide Prosecutorial Powers Draw Scant Public Dissent, Washington Post, November 2, 2004
  4. ^ French court frees former Guantanamo detainee Archived 2006-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Jurist, July 9, 2005
  5. ^ Former French Guantanamo detainees to face Paris trial Archived 2006-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Jurist, April 26, 2006
  6. ^ 6 Ex-Guantanamo Inmates on Trial in France, Washington Post, July 3, 2006
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