Maqaleh Pleadings

Fadi al Maqaleh was 20 years old when he was first detained, but is now almost 27. During the entire 6-year period while he has been in U.S. custody, he has not been permitted to see his family, and has been denied any access to lawyers or a court of law. His family only learned that Mr. al Maqaleh was in U.S. custody after he had been imprisoned for many months, and their only contact with him since then has been through heavily redacted letters and a few brief telephone conversations.

Because Mr. al Maqaleh is being held virtually incommunicado, his father authorized IJNetwork to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in U.S. court seeking Mr. al Maqaleh’s release. Though his case has now been pending for over three years, the government continues to refuse to allow Mr. al Maqaleh, or any other Bagram detainee, to communicate with his attorneys.

Al Bakri Documents and Pleadings

While on a short business trip to Thailand, Mr. Al Bakri was abducted as part of the CIA's secret rendition and interrogation program, and likely subjected to torture during his time as a "ghost prisoner" before eventually resurfacing in U.S. military custody at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. For six months, Mr. Al Bakri's family had no idea what had become of him. "My son's wife and their three young children feared the worst," said Mr. Al Bakri's father, Muhammad. It was only after receiving a handwritten message delivered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that Mr. Al Bakri's family learned that he was still alive.