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Place of Birth: Yemen
About Ali al-Bahlul
- Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul (born September 11, 1969) is a Yemeni citizen who has been held as an enemy combatant since 2002 in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
- He boycotted the Guantanamo Military Commissions, arguing that there was no legal basis for the military tribunals to judge him. He was convicted in November 2008 of performing media relations for the Saudi Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, and sentenced to life imprisonment, after a jury of nine military officers deliberated for less than an hour.The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned most of his convictions on January 25, 2013.
- In October 2016, a divided D.C.
- Circuit affirmed Bahlul's final remaining conviction, which was for criminal conspiracy.
- In October 2017, the U.S.
- Supreme Court denied Bahlul's petition for a writ of certiorari.
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