Isa Ali Abdullah al Murbati


Issa Ali Abdullah al Murbati is a citizen of Bahrain who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay [detainment camp]s, in Cuba.
Al Murbati's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 52.
American counter-terrorism analysts estimate he was born in 1965, in Manama, Bahrain.

Detention in Kandahar

While held at Kandahar Airfield, al-Murbati and Moazzam Begg began playing chess on a board the International Red Cross had brought for the detainees.
Al Murbati participated in the Guantanamo [hunger strike|hunger strike]s of 2005.

Allegations

The allegations against Al Murbati, from the Summary of Evidence memo, prepared for his Combatant [Status Review Tribunal], were:

Habeas corpus submission

Al Murbati is one of the sixteen Guantanamo captives whose amalgamated habeas corpus submissions were heard by
US District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton, on January 31, 2007.
Al Murbati has been represented by Joshua Colangelo-Bryan and Clive Stafford Smith.
A campaign to free him is being led by Bahraini MP Mohammed Khalid.

Release

Al Murbati was released during August 2007. He was the last Bahraini to be released.
On Thursday, August 23, 2007, the Gulf [Daily News] reported that
Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammed Khalid had called for the Bahrain government to provide financial compensation to the released men.