US releases Guantanamo Bay detainee Bajabu to Kenya
Al Jazeera
Twenty-nine prisoners remain at the US detention facility in Cuba after the transfer of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu.
The United States has released Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu to Kenya, bringing the number of prisoners at the facility to 29.
The Pentagon announced Bajabu’s release on Tuesday, saying Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had notified Congress of the decision to repatriate him to Kenya last month.
Bajabu was arrested by Kenyan authorities in Mombasa in 2007 and transferred to Guantanamo weeks later for alleged involvement with al-Qaeda’s branch in East Africa.
The Periodic Review Board, which assesses the status of detainees, determined in 2021 that Bajabu “was no longer necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the national security of the United States”.
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