Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KUWAIT4582
2006-12-06 14:16:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
KUWAIT HIGH COURT REVERSES GUILTY VERDICT OF
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 004582
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP, S/CT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
SUBJECT: KUWAIT HIGH COURT REVERSES GUILTY VERDICT OF
GUANTANAMO RETURNEE
REF: A. KUWAIT 3055
B. KUWAIT 4429
UNCLAS KUWAIT 004582
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP, S/CT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
SUBJECT: KUWAIT HIGH COURT REVERSES GUILTY VERDICT OF
GUANTANAMO RETURNEE
REF: A. KUWAIT 3055
B. KUWAIT 4429
1. On December 5, Kuwait's highest court, the Court of
Cassation, overturned the guilty verdict of Nasser Najar
Al-Mutairi, the first Kuwaiti returned from detention at
Guantanamo Naval Base. The high court reversed the guilty
verdict and the five year sentence handed down by the Court
of Appeals on November 1, 2005. The Court of Appeals
decision followed Al-Mutairi's trial court aquittal on June
15, 2005 of charges of joining an illegal terrorist
organization, joining the armed forces of a foreign country
and carrying out hostile acts against another country.
Al-Mutairi was released from state custody on November 7,
2006 pending issuance of a final verdict by the high court.
(Reftel B).
2. The decision by the Court of Cassation represents the last
step in the judicial process and there are no further appeals
possible.
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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LEBARON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP, S/CT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
SUBJECT: KUWAIT HIGH COURT REVERSES GUILTY VERDICT OF
GUANTANAMO RETURNEE
REF: A. KUWAIT 3055
B. KUWAIT 4429
1. On December 5, Kuwait's highest court, the Court of
Cassation, overturned the guilty verdict of Nasser Najar
Al-Mutairi, the first Kuwaiti returned from detention at
Guantanamo Naval Base. The high court reversed the guilty
verdict and the five year sentence handed down by the Court
of Appeals on November 1, 2005. The Court of Appeals
decision followed Al-Mutairi's trial court aquittal on June
15, 2005 of charges of joining an illegal terrorist
organization, joining the armed forces of a foreign country
and carrying out hostile acts against another country.
Al-Mutairi was released from state custody on November 7,
2006 pending issuance of a final verdict by the high court.
(Reftel B).
2. The decision by the Court of Cassation represents the last
step in the judicial process and there are no further appeals
possible.
********************************************* *
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
LEBARON