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Ridouane Khalid (Arabic: رضوان خالد; born 16 August 1967) is a French citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.

The Department of Defense says his birthdate is August 16, 1967.

Along with Khaled Ben Mustapha and Mustaq Ali Patel, he was the last French citizen held at the base. They were released in March 2005 and placed under formal investigation by a judge in Paris. Khalid has two brothers already under investigation for alleged terrorism-related matters.

Although originally convicted in France, his trial was overturned and he was released in February 2009.

Habeas corpus petition

A writ of habeas corpus, Redouane Khalid v. George W. Bush, was submitted on Redouane Khalid's behalf.

French trial

Redouane Khalid, and four other French citizens, were convicted in 2007 of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise." They had their convictions overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009. Their convictions were overturned because they were based on interrogations conducted in Guantanamo, and the interrogations were conducted by French security officials, not law enforcement officials.

On February 17, 2010, the Court of Cassation, a higher court, ordered a re-trial of the five men.

References

1. OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
2. New York Times, Terror convictions overturned in France, February 24, 2009
3. "Redouane Khalid v George W. Bush" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. 14 October 2004. pp. 36–74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
4. "Paris Court Acquits Former Guantanamo Detainees". Huffington Post. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
5. Nicolas Vaux-Montagny (2010-02-17). "France orders 5 former Gitmo inmates back to court". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24.

External links

• Al Jazeera: French judge detains pair freed by US

Alleged militants in the war on terror who have lived in France
People listed in italics have died.
Toulouse and Montauban shootings	Mohammed Merah
2013 La Défense attack	Alexandre Dhaussy
January 2015 Île-de-France attacks	Chérif and Saïd Kouachi Amedy Coulibaly
Alleged al-Qaeda associates	Willie Brigitte Hervé Djamel Loiseau Zacarias Moussaoui
Alleged GIA associates	Karim Said Atmani
Alleged GICM associates	Karim el-Mejjati
Held in Guantanamo Bay	Mourad Benchellali Imad Achab Kanouni Nizar Sassi Brahim Yadel Ridouane Khalid Khaled Ben Mustafa
ISIS fighters	Hayat Boumeddiene
Others	Karim Bourti Jérôme Courtailler Djamel Beghal Nizar Trabelsi Hassan Jandoubi Lionel Dumont Kamel Daoudi Rabah Kadre Slimane Khalfaoui
Currently imprisoned.    Released after serving sentence.

• 1967 births
• Living people
• French extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
• French people of Algerian descent
• French Muslims
• Guantanamo detainees known to have been released