Indefinite Detention Should End for Prisoner Detained for Being an Assistant Cook 12 Years Ago, Says Center for Constitutional Rights

Guantanamo Bay and Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. Today, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) client Ghaleb Al-Bihani, a Yemeni citizen who has been held without charge at Guantanamo for over 12 years, asked the Obama administration’s new Periodic Review Board (PRB) to approve him for transfer.  While the government has stated that it does not plan to charge Mr. Al-Bihani with any crime, in 2009 it designated him for continued indefinite detention, as it did dozens…