11 Years and Counting: Profiles of Men Detained at Guantánamo

MR. AL-HAMIRI’S CURRENT CONDITION AND NEED FOR URGENT RELEASE
Mr. Al-Hamiri is on a hunger-strike at the Guantánamo base hospital under close medical and
psychological supervision. He has spent one-third of his life in arbitrary, indefinite detention at
Guantánamo. Though the government conceded in 2009 that it no longer has an interest in
detaining Mr. Al-Hamiri, he remains imprisoned with no end in sight. He is also acutely aware
that, as a Yemeni, he currently stands no chance of leaving Guantánamo – unless the government
chooses to spare him. This is why he says that “the U.S. government has all the power in its
hands: If it wants us to walk out of Guantánamo on our feet, they can make it so. If they want us
to leave Guantánamo in coffins, they can do that too.”
The only workable solution that remains is for the government to implement its Task Force
determination and immediately release Mr. Al-Hamiri. The government can no longer afford to
be indifferent to his suffering. To do so is reckless.
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
Mr. al-Hamiri is represented by attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights and Clifford
Chance US LLP. For more information, the Commission should contact:
Omar A. Farah
Center for Constitutional Rights
ofarah@ccrjustice.org
(212) 614-6485
Jeff Butler
Clifford Chance LLP
Jeff.butler@cliffordchance.com
(212) 878-8205
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