Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar

Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar
Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar from his OARDEC dossier
Born (1969-05-22) May 22, 1969
Constantine, Algeria
Detained at Guantanamo
ISN10002
StatusWon his habeas corpus after 8 years, released to France
OccupationClergyman

Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar (born May 22, 1969) is a Bosnian-French citizen, who won his habeas corpus petition in United States federal court after being held for eight years and eight months in the military Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar was captured in Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 2002, after being cleared of suspicion by the Bosnian Supreme Court, and arrived in Guantanamo on January 21, 2002. In 2009, he was released from Guantanamo after France agreed to accept him. He was transported there on November 30, 2009, and lives in Bordeaux.