Adel Hamad is back in Sudan.

Over two years after being cleared for transfer, Adel Hamad
has finally arrived in Khartoum and was immediately released
and allowed to reunite with his family. Earlier this week the
U.S. government had announced the transfer of 15 Guantanamo
detainees, two of them Sudanese. The Sudanese government
believed that one of those detainees would be Adel Hamad but
we had no confirmation that indeed he was on that plane
until this morning. William Teesdale, his legal counsel from
the Federal Public Defenders Office of Oregon, should be
talking to him within the next hour or two.

We at Project Hamad want to thank everyone for
your efforts and for keeping hope alive.

We will post again soon about the implications of
Hamad's release. His lawyers hope to press the U.S.
government to still give Adel Hamad his new CSRT
hearing so he can truly clear his name. And we must
remember that Adel is only one of many detainees cleared
for transfer long ago, but who remain in legal limbo at
Guantanamo. Adel Hamad's downstairs neighbor in
Pakistan, Ameur Mammar, detainee #939, is just one
of many examples. Lets keep them in our hearts while
we celebrate Hamad's release.

We will write again soon. In the meantime,
follow the progress on our blog.

Thanks,

David, Ben and Laura
Project Hamad
http://projecthamad.org