Yasim Muhammed Basardah
Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
Yasim Muhammed Basardah is a citizen of Yemen who was detained in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 252.
Basardah was an informant for the interrogators in Guantanamo where he was rewarded with his own cell, McDonald's apple pies, chewing tobacco, a truck magazine and other "comfort items".
Habeas corpus appeal, and appeal under the Detainee Treatment Act
Yasim Muhammed Basardah had a habeas corpus petition filed on his behalf.
In September 2007, the Department of Justice published dossiers of unclassified documents arising from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of 179 captives.
His documents were not among those the Department of Defense published.
The Detainee Treatment Act and Military Commissions Act
The United States Congress passed the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Both these Acts included provisions to close off Guantanamo captives' ability to file habeas corpus petitions.
The Detainee Treatment Act included a provision to proscribe Guantanamo captives who had not already initiated a habeas corpus petition from initiating new habeas corpus petitions.
The Act included provision for an alternate, more limited form of appeal for captives.
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