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Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan is a Palestinian held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 684. He was transferred to Guantanamo on June 18, 2002.

Official status reviews
Originally the Bush Presidency asserted that captives apprehended in the "war on terror" were not covered by the Geneva Conventions, and could be held indefinitely, without charge, and without an open and transparent review of the justifications for their detention. In 2004, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Rasul v. Bush, that Guantanamo captives were entitled to being informed of the allegations justifying their detention, and were entitled to try to refute them.

Boumediene v. Bush
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed.

On June 12 2008 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. Bush, that the Military Commissions Act could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system. And all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated. The judges considering the captives' habeas petitions would be considering whether the evidence used to compile the allegations the men and boys were enemy combatants justified a classification of "enemy combatant".

Protective order
On 15 July 2008 Kristine A. Huskey filed a "NOTICE OF PETITIONERS’ REQUEST FOR 30-DAYS NOTICE OF TRANSFER" on behalf of captive 684 and several dozen captives. The petition would prevent the Department of Defense from transferring him out of US jurisdiction without giving his attorney's thirty days notice. The Department of Defense had transferred some captives to countries where they were subsequently subjected to abusive treatment -- even though they had active habeas corpus petitions.

Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants


Following the Supreme Court's ruling the Department of Defense set up the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants.

Scholars at the Brookings Institution, led by Benjamin Wittes, listed the captives still held in Guantanamo in December 2008, according to whether their detention was justified by certain common allegations:

Scholars at the Brookings Institute, lead by Benjamin Wittes, listed the captives still held in Guantanamo in December 2008, according to whether their detention was justified by certain common allegations :


 * Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... associated with either" the Taliban or al Qaeda.
 * Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... traveled to Afghanistan for jihad."
 * Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges that the following detainees stayed in Al Qaeda, Taliban or other guest- or safehouses."
 * Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges that the following detainees were captured under circumstances that strongly suggest belligerency."
 * Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan was listed as one of the captives who was an "al Qaeda operative".
 * Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan was listed as one of the "34 [captives] admit to some lesser measure of affiliation—like staying in Taliban or Al Qaeda guesthouses or spending time at one of their training camps."
 * Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan was listed as one of the captives who had "stayed at Taliban or Al Qaeda guesthouses."
 * Mohammed Abdullah Tahamuttan was listed as one of the captives who had admitted "some form of associational conduct."

Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment
On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts. His Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment was drafted on It was signed by camp commandant He recommended

Medical records
On March 16 2007 the Department of Defense published height and weight records for all but ten of the captives held in Guantanamo. Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan is one of the ten men whose height and weight records were withheld. The Department of Defense has not offered an explanation for why no records for those ten men were published.

Asylum in Uruguay
Mattan and five other men were granted asylum in Uruguay in 2014. Mattan married in his first year in Uruguay. His wife bore him two daughters.

Documentary
Uruguayan director Guillermo Rocamora released a documentary, entitled La Libertad es una palabra grande (freedom is a big word), on Mattan, in 2019.