Global InformationJihad Ahmed Mustafa Dhiab information
| Jihad Ahmed Mustafa Dhiab | |
|---|---|
 Jihad Dhiab's official Guantanamo identity portrait, showing him wearing the orange uniform issued to noncompliant individuals | |
| Born | July 10, 1971[1] Jedeta, Lebanon |
| Arrested | November 2001 Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Syrian |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| ISN | 722 |
| Charge(s) | No charge, held in extrajudicial detention |
| Status | granted asylum in Uruguay, current location: Unknown. |
Jihad Ahmed Mustafa Dhiab also known as Abu Wa'el Dhiab[2] was born in Lebanon on July 10, 1971. He was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba until he was released to Uruguay.[3] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 722. Dhiab was one of the Guantanamo hunger strikers.[4]
He, along with five other Guantanamo prisoners, was granted asylum by Uruguay in exchange for a trade agreement to allow Uruguay to sell oranges to the US.[5] On December 7, 2014, he was released to Uruguay.
- ^ JTF- GTMO Detainee Assessment Department of Defense
- ^ "South Africa turns away former hunger-striking Guantánamo detainee". Miami Herald. December 16, 2016.
- ^ "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. Retrieved May 15, 2006.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
MiamiHerald2016-06-18was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Observador, El (May 6, 2016). "Mujica: "Para venderle unos kilos de naranja a EE.UU me tuve que bancar a cinco locos de Guantánamo"". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved November 30, 2019.