Transfers, Releases & Resettlements
PRB Recommends Repatriation for One Saudi Detainee, Continued Detention for Another
Yesterday the Periodic Review Board recommended the repatriation of Muhammad Murdi Issa al-Zahrani, a Saudi detainee who has been held in Guantanamo for 12 years after being captured in Afghanistan in 2002.
The Board's short statement concluded that given the “uncorroborated nature” of Zahrani’s association with Al Qaeda, his lack of ties to at-large extremists, and his apparent good behavior while in detention---along with his expressed desire to pursue a peaceful life after Guantanamo