Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar

Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar is a Bosnian citizen, who won his habeas corpus after being eight years and eight months in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. The Department of Defense reports that he was born on May 22, 1969, in Constantin, Algeria.

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. He was transferred to France on November 30, 2009, after his successful habeas corpus petition.

Combatant Status Review
Lahmar was among the 60% of prisoners who chose to participate in tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.

Lahmar's memo accused him of the following:

Lahmar chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.

Habeas corpus and release
US District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled, in September 2008, on Saber's habeas corpus petition. He concluded that there was no evidence to support classifying him as an "enemy combatant", and that he should be released. He made the same ruling for four other Bosnians of Algerian descent.

Lahmar was transferred to French territory for release on November 30, 2009. Noting that Lahmar would "finally begin to live a normal life again", the French foreign ministry pledged to help re-integrate him into society.

In its coverage of his release the Washington Post noted that Leon's September 2008 ruling had ordered his release "forthwith".

Three other men were transferred when Lahmar was released. A Palestinian captive was transferred to Hungary. His name was not released, and authorities did not report whether he was being detained in Hungarian custody or set free. Two Tunisian captives, Adel Ben Mabrouk, and Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri, were transferred to the custody of Italy.