Khaled Qasim

Khaled Ahmed Qasim (born January 21, 1977) is a Yemeni citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. In 2004 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Rasul v. Bush, that Guantanamo captives were entitled to being informed of the allegations justifying their detention, and were entitled to try to refute them.

Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a 3x5 meter trailer where the captive sat with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor.

Following the Supreme Court's ruling the Department of Defense set up the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants.

Scholars at the Brookings Institution, led by Benjamin Wittes, listed the captives still held in Guantanamo in December 2008, according to whether their detention was justified by certain common allegations: Khaled Ahmed Qasim was listed as one of the captives who the military alleges were members of either al Qaeda or the Taliban and associated with the other group.

Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment

On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts. His 13-page Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment was drafted on April 7, 2008. It was signed by camp commandant Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby. He recommended continued detention.

Conversation with Arun Rath

In January 2017, National Public Radio reporter Arun Rath produced an episode for the PBS network series Frontline about Mansur al-Dayfi, who was transferred to Serbia in July 2016.

Release Qasim and 10 other detainees were transferred to Oman on January 6, 2025.