FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUESTS LOST DOCUMENTS

C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 001353 SIPDIS FOR S/WCI AND SA E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/02/2015 TAGS: PTER KAWC PREL MV SUBJECT: FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUESTS LOST DOCUMENTS REF: (A) COLOMBO 0850 (B) STATE 139288 Classified By: Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead for reason 1.5 (d). ¶1. (U) Maldivian national Ibrahim Fauzee, detained in Pakistan in May 2002, was returned to Maldives from Guantanamo on March 12, 2005 after it was determined that he had no connection to terrorism and posed no threat to the US. Maldivian Government passed a request from Mr. Fauzee for return of his passport and educational certificates, which he states were seized when he was detained in Pakistan. Post relayed this request in ref a on May 5. We have received no reply. ¶2. (U) Post has now received letter from Human Rights Commission of Maldives. Fauzee had requested the HRC's assistance in obtaining his "passport, marriage certificate, educational certificates, birth certificate etc." ¶3. (C) Post would appreciate receiving information on this request. The desirable outcome would be to return Mr. Fauzee's documents. If documents cannot be found, we should at least inform Mr. Fauzee of that situation. Our efforts to give national leaders and opinion makers in the Maldives a "better understanding of the military necessity and security rationale for US detainee operations" so they can "make this case to their own constituencies" (ref b)will be strengthened if we can provide some definitive information on this case. LUNSTEAD