He was one of the two dozen Guantanamo captives to face charges before a Guantanamo military commission. He was charged twice in late 2005 before a presidentially authorized commission. Two years after the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the original presidentially authorized military commissions , he was charged again before a military commission authorized by the Military Commissions Act. His lawyers initiated legal proceedings through the United Kingdom's justice system to compel the UK government to release to them its role in his detention. The Office of Military Commissions dropped the charges against him in October 2008. Benyam Mohammed was reported to have engaged in a hunger strike as a protest during the last months of his detention. His lawyers claimed his weight had dropped to a level where he was just "skin and bones", where he fainted during their meetings with him, and  his health was at serious risk. All of the British citizens held in Guantanamo were repatriated by 2005. Seven long term British residents were not returned to the UK. Initially , it was the British position that they had no responsibility for individuals who weren't citizens. When British resident Bisher al-Rawi's story that he had been an MI5 informant started to be confirmed, there was public pressure for his return.
He was one of the two dozen Guantanamo captives to face charges before a Guantanamo military commission. He was charged twice in late 2005 before a presidentially authorized commission. Two years after the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the original presidentially authorized military commissions he was charged again before a military commission authorized by the Military Commissions Act. His lawyers initiated legal proceedings through the United Kingdom's justice system to compel the UK government to release to them its role in his detention. The Office of Military Commissions dropped the charges against him in October 2008. Benyam Mohammed was reported to have engaged in a hunger strike as a protest during the last months of his detention. His lawyers claimed his weight had dropped to a level where he was just "skin and bones", fainted during their meetings with him, and that his health was at serious risk. All of the British citizens held in Guantanamo were repatriated by 2005. Seven long term British residents were not returned to the UK. Initially it was the British position that they had no responsibility for individuals who weren't citizens. When British resident Bisher al-Rawi's story that he had been an MI5 informant started to be confirmed, there was public pressure for his return.
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