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HUMAN RIGHTS Delivered Into Enemy Hands US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi’s Libya WATCH Delivered Into Enemy Hands US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi’s Libya Copyright © 2012 Human Rights Watch All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 1-56432-940-2 Cover design by Rafael Jimenez Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. Human Rights Watch is an international organization with staff in more than 40 countries, and offices in Amsterdam, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Goma, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Nairobi, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo, Toronto, Tunis, Washington DC, and Zurich. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.hrw.org SEPTEMBER 2012 ISBN: 1-56432-940-2 Delivered Into Enemy Hands US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi’s Libya Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Key Recommendations..................................................................................................................... 12 Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 14 I. Background .................................................................................................................................. 17 Libya from the 1970s to the 1990s ........................................................................................... 17 Flight from Libya .................................................................................................................... 20 Libyan Islamic Fighting Group ................................................................................................. 22 Gaddafi’s Rapprochement with the West ................................................................................. 27 II. Detainee Accounts from Afghanistan and Morocco .......................................................................30 Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed al-Shoroeiya and Khalid al-Sharif .......................................... 30 Departure from Libya ........................................................................................................ 32 Arrest and Detention ........................................................................................................ 33 Afghanistan I .................................................................................................................... 37 Afghanistan II ................................................................................................................... 52 Shoroeiya’s Transfer and Treatment in Libya ..................................................................... 55 Sharif’s Transfer and Treatment in Libya ........................................................................... 57 Majid Mokhtar Sasy al-Maghrebi ............................................................................................. 59 Departure from Libya ........................................................................................................ 59 Pakistan .......................................................................................................................... 60 Afghanistan I .................................................................................................................... 61 Afghanistan II ................................................................................................................... 63 Transfer and Treatment in Libya ........................................................................................ 65 Saleh Hadiyah Abu Abdullah Di’iki ......................................................................................... 66 Departure from Libya ....................................................................................................... 66 Arrest and Detention ........................................................................................................ 67 Afghanistan I ................................................................................................................... 69 Afghanistan II ................................................................................................................... 71 Transfer and Treatment in Libya ........................................................................................ 74 Mustafa Salim Ali el-Madaghi ................................................................................................. 77 Morocco ........................................................................................................................... 78 Transfer and Treatment in Libya ........................................................................................ 79 Mustafa Jawda al-Mehdi ........................................................................................................ 82 Departure from Libya ....................................................................................................... 82 Arrest and Detention ........................................................................................................ 83 Peshawar ......................................................................................................................... 83 Islamabad ....................................................................................................................... 84 Afghanistan .................................................................................................................... 84 Transfer and Treatment in Libya ........................................................................................ 87 III. Transfers to Libya that Began in Asia ......................................................................................... 90 Abdul Hakim Belhadj ............................................................................................................. 90 Departure from Libya ........................................................................................................ 91 Malaysia and Thailand .................................................................................................... 92 Treatment in Libya ........................................................................................................... 98 Sami Mostefa al-Saadi .......................................................................................................... 101 Departure from Libya ...................................................................................................... 101 Treatment in Libya .......................................................................................................... 106 Muhammed Abu Farsan ........................................................................................................ 110 Departure from Libya ...................................................................................................... 110 Treatment in Libya .......................................................................................................... 114 IV. Transfer from Guantanamo Bay: The Case of Abdusalam Abdulhadi Omar as-Safrani ................ 116 Departure from Libya ...................................................................................................... 116 Transfer to Guantanamo .................................................................................................. 117 Transfer and Treatment in Libya ...................................................................................... 118 V. The Case of Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi ................................................................................................ 119 VI. Detainees Rendered From Other African Countries to Libya ....................................................... 131 Ismail Omar Gebril al-Lwatty ..................................................................................................131 Mafud al-Sadiq Embaya Abdullah ......................................................................................... 133 Abdullah Mohammed Omar al-Tawaty ................................................................................... 135 Othman Salah (Sheikh Othman) ........................................................................................... 136 VII. International Legal Standards .................................................................................................. 140 Recommendations ......................................................................................................................... 148 Acknowledgments ......................................................................................................................... 153 Appendix I: Tripoli Documents ....................................................................................................... 155 Appendix II: Shoroeiya